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Breathtaking Footage From The Cockpit Of The Lead Solo Pilot Of The US Air...
I, like many of my friends, was bit by the flying bug thanks to the United States Air Force Aerial Demonstration Squadron–the Thunderbirds.In my case, I was three years old and it was my first airshow....
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The US Air Force Is Dropping More Bombs On ISIS Than Ever Before
The United States Air Force has increased the level of its attacks on the Islamic State group in recent weeks, dropping more munitions than ever before.The increase, mentioned in an article on the...
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The Pentagon Still Wants To Scrap The A-10 Despite Widespread Opposition
The Pentagon renewed its commitment Friday to retiring the Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt ground attack aircraft and closing excess military bases in the US, setting up another battle with Congress in...
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Hagel Wants To Replace The B-2 With A New Strategic Bomber
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel made a pitch Tuesday for funding of a new long-range bomber to replace the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber and bolster the nation's nuclear triad of bombers, missiles, and...
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The Story Of The Last Piston-Engine Us Plane To Shoot Down An Enemy Fighter Jet
The last propeller US Navy attack aircraft to disappear from the decks of the flattops was the Douglas AD Skyraider.This airplane had a unique capability: even when it carried its full internal fuel of...
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Here's What It's Like Inside The F-35's Cockpit Simulator
I am often amazed at my timing, good or bad. Today I was definitely in the right place at the right time and found myself walking up to the Lockheed-Martin F-35 Lightning II cockpit demonstrator — the...
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Here's Who Would Win In An Epic Battle Between An Apache Helicopter And A Dragon
For anyone disappointed by the lack of military-grade helicopters in the recent "Hobbit" movies, a YouTube video has come to the rescue. In a thoroughly entertaining although highly perplexing video...
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The F-35 Just Hit Another Snag
The F-35 has hit the latest obstacle in its years-long, multibillion-dollar slog towards combat-readiness, Bloomberg reports, citing a not-yet-public congressional report. Software flaws pose the...
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The A-10 Has Carried Out 11% Of US Airstrikes On ISIS, Even Though The Plane...
Despite multiple attempts by the US Air Force to retire the A-10 Warthog, the aircraft has carried out 11% of all airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria since Operation Inherent Resolve began in...
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11 Photos That Show Why The SR-71 Blackbird Is One Of The Greatest Planes Ever
When it comes to curb appeal, few airplanes can match the look of the SR-71 “Blackbird.” And nothing in the Air Force’s inventory — past or present — can beat its signature performance characteristics....
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The Afghan Air Force Is So Short On Planes, It's Using 'Flying Tractors' To...
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's armed forces are so short of combat-ready aircraft that, late last year, they began fitting machine guns and rockets to Russian-made Mi-17 transport helicopters, dubbed...
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Here's Why The Pentagon Needs To Cancel The F-35 Program
The argument that the F-35 Lightning II is "too big to cancel" is not a good enough reason to keep it going.The F-35 Lightning II, otherwise known as the Joint Strike Fighter, has a lot of critics and...
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The World's Militaries Use These Amazing Vehicles To Deal With Snow Removal
Winter Storm Juno turned out to be more of a dud than a "historic blizzard" for New York City. But snow plows throughout the North Eastern United States are still steadily clearing away snowfall...
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This Map Shows How Many More Military Aircraft The US Has Than Every Other...
It can be difficult to grasp the scope of US air superiority compared to everyone else.To put the US advantage into perspective, Reddit user whiplashoo21, who runs the map-creation website Map Chart,...
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Amazing shots of the F-35 during intense all-weather testing
An F-35B, a Short Take Off Vertical Landing (STOVL) variant of the Joint Strike Fighter jet, has undergone extreme weather testing at the Air Force 96th Test Wing’s McKinley Climatic Laboratory located...
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This chart shows all of the versions of Russia's fifth-generation fighter jet
The US and Russia have been competing arms exporters since the dawn of the Cold War.Although the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the deep-seated rivalry between the US and Russia never fully died out...
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Here are the highlights of the Pentagon's latest budget
President Obama has unveiled his budget for the 2016 fiscal year. Included in this $4 trillion budget is the Pentagon's proposed budget of $585 billion for the coming year. The Pentagon's funding...
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Here’s why the A-10 Warthog is one of the all-time great combat aircraft
Since Desert Storm if the mission involved close air support — especially killing tanks — the A-10 ‘Warthog’ was the jet the infantry loved to see overhead.It’s lethal, it’s agile, and it’s perfect at...
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These are the new planes the Air Force is getting under the Pentagon's new...
The Obama administration’s fiscal year 2016 budget proposal for the Air Force includes continued purchases of F-35 fighters, transport aircraft and a large increase in research and development funding...
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The US Air Force's biggest research program is also one of its most mysterious
The most expensive weapons system under the Air Force's $17.9 billion research, development, test, and evaluation funding request for 2016 is also without a doubt the most mysterious. Under the...
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