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The US military took these incredible photos this week

The military has very talented photographers in its ranks, and they constantly attempt to capture what life as a service member is like during training and at war. This is the best of what they shot...

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Russian warships may be shutting out Israel's air-force access to Syria

The Israeli air force has an impressive reputation. As a son of an IAF veteran, I grew up hearing stories and watching runways.I was told tales of daring dogfights against the Egyptian spitfires in the...

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Impressive photos of Israeli Air Force’s largest ever international exercise

Kicked off on Oct. 18 and continuing through Nov. 3, the Blue Flag drills gathered to Ovda airbase, near Eilat, in southern Israel, combat planes from the U.S., Poland and Greece involved in a series...

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China wants to step up military cooperation with Iran's air force

BEIJING (Reuters) - China wants to step up cooperation with Iran's air force, the head of the Chinese air force told his Iranian counterpart on Monday, the latest in a series of high-level military...

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Footage of the Swiss Air Force rehearsing for the Axalp 2015 live firing...

Even if this year’s edition of the famous Axalp “unconventional” and unique airshow, planned for Oct. 7-8, was cancelled because of bad weather on the shooting range, the rehearsal of the live fire...

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Video of an armed Ukrainian Mig 29 doing an insanely low pass

Filmed somewhere in Ukraine, this video shows the latest stunt by a Ukrainian Air Force jet: in this case a fully armed Mig-29 Fulcrum in the high-visibility, white, yellow and light blue livery of the...

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9 things you didn't know about Air Force One

Air Force One is the most prestigious aircraft in the US, and is charged with safely carrying the president around the country and the world (at a significant cost). These are the unique features that...

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US air-to-air combat aircraft just arrived in Turkey

The US Air Force has deployed air superiority planes near Syria.Six F-15C Eagle jets, belonging to the 493rd Fighter Squadron of the 48th Fighter Wing, from RAF Lakenheath, UK, have just deployed to...

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Here's how a new bomber will shape US military strategy

ForecastThe United States' new long-range strike bomber aircraft will combine existing technologies in one model to make the U.S. bomber fleet more effective and versatile. The move to bring all U.S....

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Fantastic air-to-air images of Norway's first F-35

The following images show the F-35A AM-1 5087, the first Royal Norwegian Air Force Lightning II aircraft during some of the first test flights it conducted in October from Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth...

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How some of the toughest flying on earth prepared an Air Force veteran for...

Teri Poulton wanted to be an astronaut growing up. As a pilot in the US military, the Air Force Academy graduate, retired Lieutenant Colonel, and current head of BP’s national veterans outreach efforts...

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General: The Air Force will probably delay the retirement of the A-10 'by a...

The Air Force will probably seek to delay by "a few years" the retirement of the A-10 Thunderbolt II — the close air support plane beloved by ground troops and championed by some in Congress as a...

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China plans to fly its fifth-generation stealth fighter by 2019

A year after unveiling the FC-31 stealth fighter, Chinese officials say a production version of the fifth-generation aircraft — the country’s answer to the American-made F-35 Joint Strike Fighter —...

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Air Force creates 'light saber' to help breaching buildings

The Air Force and Energetic Materials and Products, Inc (EMPI) made a breaching tool that resembles a Star Wars lightsaber.Called the “TEC Torch,” the compact, handheld thermal breaching tool is made...

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This dogfight between 200 Israeli and Syrian jets was one of the biggest of...

In what would come to be called the Bekaa Valley Turkey Shoot, 96 Israeli fighters and a squadron of UAVs faced off against 100 Syrian fighters backed up by 19 surface-to-air missile launchers in 1982....

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The US military is spending $1 trillion on something it hopes to never use

A fighter jet dropped an unarmed "nuclear gravity bomb" at a Nevada test range last month.The nuke, called the B61-12, is a new weapon costing around $8.1 billion, but this pricey new bomb is actually...

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This $71 million military transformer is half-plane and half-helicopter

The V-22 Osprey is one of the US military's most unique planes. The $71 million machine has the capabilities of both a helicopter and a prop plane.Produced by Eames YatesFollow BI Video: On...

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These are the best US military photos from the past week

The military has very talented photographers in its ranks, and they constantly attempt to capture what life as a service member is like during training and at war. This is the best of what they shot...

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The reasons behind 9 interesting US military uniform quirks

Have you ever been sweating the details of an inspection or searching the rack at the PX and wondered how your branch’s uniforms came to be? Here are 9 reasons behind the uniforms in seabags and...

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Defense Secretary Carter to open all combat jobs to women in historic change

The Associated Press has learned that Defense Secretary Ash Carter will order the military to open all combat jobs to women, and is giving the armed services until Jan. 1 to submit plans to make the...

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