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Over 50% of US aviation losses in Epic Fury were MQ-9s, with the share of combat losses running even higher (70+%). USAF leadership has addressed this directly in recent remarks (video 👇). And as I've noted before, when you stack Epic Fury's combined combat and non-combat crewed aviation losses against Desert Storm, this campaign actually compares favorably to what the coalition took against Saddam in '91. This has been documented by VLO225 and others in more detail (🔗👇).
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"For Epic Fury, perhaps the Most Valuable Player was Unmanned. The MQ-9. We made many many strikes..I don't want to say how many because the number is classified but no other platform is even close to the MQ-9. So we get a lot of utility out of them and don't put our folks in risk. " Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach Chief of Staff of the US Air Force (May 20, 2026)
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US Army Multi-Purpose High Energy Laser (AMP-HEL). (📹US Army)
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"All of our fifth gen and sixth gen aircraft carry their weapons internally which negates the ability to carry really big weapons and that's what the F-15 does. The F-15EX will be an air superiority aircraft that would be able to carry really long range missiles.." ~ Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach Chief of Staff of the US Air Force (May 20, 2026)
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July-August 1990. Edwards Air Force Base California. (📹Northrop Grumman)
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![Apparently five additional E-7 AEW&C are planned to be included in USAF's FY27 procurement request [Via amendment] in addition to the five E-7 AEW&C added in FY26 [EMD] and the two E-7's part of the Air Force's original MTA. This should take the total on contract, or budgeted to 12 E-7 AEWC. 👇👇 Testimony: "The E-7 was not originally in the FY27 [procurement] submission. We have recently been working with the Office of Secretary of War (OSW) to get that budget amendment to the OMB to include funding for FY27 in support for 5 additional E-7 aircraft." ~ Lieutenant General David H. Tabor, USAF "The [Air Moving Target Indicator (AMTI)] capabilities that are happening in space are far exceeding our expectations. I would welcome the opportunity in a different [classified] forum to tell you exactly why I feel that way." ~ Major General Christopher J. Niemi, USAF](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2055734605756403891/amplify_video_thumb/2055732772744953856/img/f-l7jKtr16Aq-htx.jpg)
Apparently five additional E-7 AEW&C are planned to be included in USAF's FY27 procurement request [Via amendment] in addition to the five E-7 AEW&C added in FY26 [EMD] and the two E-7's part of the Air Force's original MTA. This should take the total on contract, or budgeted to 12 E-7 AEWC. 👇👇 Testimony: "The E-7 was not originally in the FY27 [procurement] submission. We have recently been working with the Office of Secretary of War (OSW) to get that budget amendment to the OMB to include funding for FY27 in support for 5 additional E-7 aircraft." ~ Lieutenant General David H. Tabor, USAF "The [Air Moving Target Indicator (AMTI)] capabilities that are happening in space are far exceeding our expectations. I would welcome the opportunity in a different [classified] forum to tell you exactly why I feel that way." ~ Major General Christopher J. Niemi, USAF
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!["We have a floor for 466 tankers. We have a number we are supposed to meet this year of 478, which we will do and we are working our way with this [FY27] budget and perhaps future budgets to get to 502. We are on a upslope for the tanker force " General Kenneth S. Wilsbach Chief of Staff of the US Air Force (Apr 30, 2026)](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2051121623156027793/amplify_video_thumb/2051120940000403456/img/hCPK1F1npxqijCQ5.jpg)
"We have a floor for 466 tankers. We have a number we are supposed to meet this year of 478, which we will do and we are working our way with this [FY27] budget and perhaps future budgets to get to 502. We are on a upslope for the tanker force " General Kenneth S. Wilsbach Chief of Staff of the US Air Force (Apr 30, 2026)
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"The uncrewed #MQ28 platforms & digital versions have now completed 150 hours and 20,000+ hours of virtual testing. The Capability Demonstration 2025 missions were completed in early June, four months ahead of schedule, and validated: 🔸Autonomous behaviors & mission execution 🔸Multi-ship operations 🔸Deployment operations (RAAF Tindal) 🔸Teaming with an E-7A #Wedgetail & 🔸Data fusion & sharing data between multiple MQ-28 aircraft and transmission of that data to a crewed platform" ~ Boeing Defense #RAAF #CCA
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"In our latest live demonstration, Leonidas went 61-for-61, disabling multiple mission-representative drone types across five flight scenarios: multi-directional counter-swarm engagement, precision strike on a single drone, controlled intercept within a software-defined drop zone, one-to-many multi-target engagement and defeat of a 49-drone swarm" ~ Epirus #HPM #GaN
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