27 stunning photos of the US military in action this year
Summary List PlacementThis past year has been unusual to say the least. The pandemic upended people's lives around the world, and the same was true for members of the US military. Still, US troops...
View ArticleWhat actually happens when fighter pilots take off their masks
Summary List PlacementWhat happens if a fighter pilot takes off their mask? Movies like "Independence Day" and "Top Gun" portray it as a final act of desperation that's strictly against regulation. But...
View ArticleAir Force's top officer says he was compelled to tackle racial injustice,...
Summary List PlacementThe top US Air Force officer explained why he decided to release a revealing statement about racial injustice following the killing of George Floyd, and the protests that followed...
View ArticleA man broke into Joint Base Andrews and slipped onto an Air Force C-40...
Summary List PlacementA man broke into a military base in Maryland on Thursday and boarded an aircraft used to transport top US officials, the Air Force revealed Friday.After the intruder gained access...
View Article7 air force workhorses that just refuse to quit
Summary List PlacementThere's an old saying: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Some aerial warhorses take that pretty literally. That definitely seems to be the philosophy used by many countries...
View ArticleA man broke into the Air Force One base and walked aboard a plane unnoticed...
Summary List PlacementIn a rare security breach, a man broke into Joint Base Andrews last month and went unnoticed for about five hours until his strange headpiece that appeared to resemble "mouse...
View ArticleHow the world's largest airplane boneyard stores and regenerates 3,100...
Summary List PlacementFollowing is a description of the video: Narrator: The 309th AMARG stores the world's largest collection of military aircraft here in the Arizona desert.Col. Jennifer Barnard: I...
View ArticleAn early SpaceX engineer crawled inside an imploding rocket on a jet in...
Summary List PlacementSpaceX almost died aboard a C-17 jet above Hawaii.In 2008, before the company had successfully launched a single rocket, two dozen SpaceX engineers were transporting its Falcon 1...
View ArticleUS Air Force hypersonic weapon test ended in failure after the missile failed...
Summary List PlacementA US Air Force bomber tried and failed to launch a test missile for a new hypersonic weapon during a long-awaited first flight test Monday.The Air Force said in a statement that...
View ArticleA US F-15C fighter jet recently fired the longest air-to-air missile 'kill'...
Summary List PlacementA US Air Force F-15C Eagle fighter fired the longest known air-to-air "kill" shot to date in a recent test, the service said Wednesday.The fighter fired an AIM-120 Advanced...
View Article15 common phrases civilians stole from the US military
Summary List Placement1. 'Balls to the walls' (also, 'Going balls out')Meaning: To go as fast as one possibly can.From military aviation where pilots would need to get their aircraft flying as fast as...
View ArticleA US Air Force general is facing court-martial for the first time ever. He...
Summary List PlacementA US Air Force two-star general is facing court-martial in a first for the Air Force, the service said Wednesday.A sexual assault charge against Air Force Maj. Gen. William...
View ArticleMilitary families are 'going to lose every time' in the hot real-estate...
Summary List PlacementReal-estate agent Melissa McHarney was told to make an offer on a house in Durham, North Carolina, for $60,000 over the asking price.She told her client, who was using a...
View ArticleVideo captures US military aircraft accidentally wrecking a UK hospital...
Summary List PlacementA US military aircraft accidentally damaged a helipad at a UK hospital on Wednesday, forcing local emergency medical flights to be temporarily rerouted, the UK's ITV News reported...
View ArticleChina says its fighter pilots are battling AI aircraft in simulated...
Summary List PlacementChinese fighter pilots have been battling aircraft piloted by artificial intelligence in simulated dogfights to boost pilot combat skills, Chinese media reported this week.Fang...
View ArticleThe history behind how Area 51 became the center of alien conspiracy theories
Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript of the video.In the early 1950s, US planes were conducting low-flying recon missions over the USSR. But there were constant worries of them being spotted...
View ArticleWatch these A-10 attack aircraft make history by operating from a US highway...
Summary List PlacementA-10 attack aircraft landed on and took off from a US highway on Thursday in a first for modern Air Force planes.Authorities closed off Michigan State Highway M-32 on Thursday for...
View ArticleUS B-52 bombers and gunships sent into action in Afghanistan in attempt to...
Summary List PlacementThe US has sent B-52 bombers and Spectre gunships to Afghanistan in a bid to stop Taliban insurgents who are marching towards three key cities.The B-52s are flying into...
View ArticleTrump boasts that he 'single-handedly' selected Alabama as the new location...
Summary List PlacementFormer President Donald Trump on Friday revealed that he "single-handedly" decided to move the US Space Command from Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado to a new site in Alabama,...
View ArticleA woman gave birth to a baby girl aboard a US Air Force evacuation flight...
Summary List PlacementA mother gave birth to a baby aboard an Afghan evacuation flight on Saturday, according to tweets from the US Air Force's Air Mobility Command. According to the Air Force, the...
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