How A US Air Force F-15 Eagle Shot Down An Iraqi Mig-23 During Desert Storm
Developed at the end of the 1960s to be the best air superiority fighter in the world, the F-15 proved to be a real MiG Killer during Operation Desert Storm scoring most of the allied aerial victories....
View ArticleThe Navy’s New $35 Billion Submarine Hunter Doesn’t Even Work [Report]
The U.S. Navy’s next generation submarine hunter isn’t any good yet at hunting enemy submarines, according to recent Defense Department tests first reported on by Bloomberg.A report filed by Michael...
View ArticleThe B-1B Bomber's New Cockpit Takes It To The Next Generation Of Long-Range...
On Jan. 21, Dyess Air Force Base, in Texas, saw the arrival of the first operational B-1B Lancer with the Integrated Battle Station upgrade which gave the “Bone” new screens and updated avionics in...
View ArticleThe 9 Most Interesting Details Behind America's Backpack Nukes
At the height of the Cold War, the United States was seriously considering the use of backpack sized nuclear weapons for tactical strikes.US policy makers, aware of their numerical inferiority compared...
View ArticleAIR FORCE: 'If We Don’t Keep The F-22 Raptor Viable, The F-35 Fleet Will Be...
In an interesting, open, and somehow surprising interview given to the Air Force Times, the Chief of the U.S. Air Force, Air Command Command Gen. Michael Hostage, explained the hard choices made by the...
View ArticleAll of China's Modern Fighter Jets, In One Photo
Even if some types are missing, the photograph is still very interesting. If you wondered how the size of a J-10 compared to that of a J-8II, this photographs gives a hint.By the way, since the Chinese...
View ArticleYes, The Air Force Ordered A Bunch Of Fake Boobs, And It's Totally Normal
A contract posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website Feb. 4 has called for competing bids on 75 breast implants of various sizes, to be delivered to the medical center on Andrews Air Force...
View ArticleA Rare Glimpse Into A Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker Flight Simulator
In 2012 the 128th Air Refueling Wing of the Air National Guardpublished an old press release, dated around 1968 touting the latest addition to their unit - a KC-97 flight simulator!The simulator came...
View ArticleThis Is What An In-Air Gasman Sees When Refueling An F-35 Lightening [Photo]
The U.S. Department of Defense just shared an out-of-this-world photo on Twitter.This is what refueling tanker operators see when they go to the pump and take part in refueling missions.The plane...
View ArticleThis F-14 Tomcat Flyby Is Epically Low
In 1988 a naval aviator performed a remarkable flyby with his F-14 TomcatThe stunning image in this post will probably remind our readers of the famous scene in Top Gun, when Maverick buzzes the tower...
View ArticleThe Amazing Story Of A B-47 Pilot Getting Rid Of A Nuclear Bomb Near...
There have been a lot of articles about the famous collision of a B-47 carrying a nuclear bomb, with a F-86 over the skies of Georgia during the late 1950s.What really happened about 56 years ago, can...
View ArticleNight Operations At Bagram Airfield: F-16s, A-10s Unleashed Over Afghanistan...
F-16s, A-10s, MC-12s, and C-5s deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, work around the clock, ensuring consistent mission success.Taken in the last few days, the following images show the never...
View ArticleThe New F-35 Fighter Jet Can Be Taken Down Without A Bullet Ever Being Fired
The F-35, the latest fighter jet being developed for the U.S. Armed Forces, has hit another potential snag.This time, it's not questions of the jet's structural integrity or even questions of relevance...
View ArticleThe Pentagon Is Zapping Troops With Electric Shocks To Replace Caffeine
In a story that could come straight out of Total Recall, the Pentagon has started testing the application of running low level electrical currents through soldiers' brains as a replacement for coffee...
View ArticleThis Is What It Looks Like When An F-35A AF-1 Does A 360-Degree Roll [PHOTO]
This is a composite image, built from 17 photos of the F-35 doing an aileron roll.The maneuver itself is anything but special. It’s a standard 360-degree roll, that the F-35A AF-1 routinely completes...
View ArticleHere's What It Looks Like When Two F-16s Land Perfectly In Sync [PHOTO]
This rare photo, published by the Air Force, shows two F-16s landing perfectly in sync on a single runway.The two F-16s are part of the 35th Fighter Squadron currently based at the Kunsan Air Base in...
View ArticleAir Force Pilot Explains The Physics Behind This Crazy Plane Landing Video
Millions of people were amazed last week by viral video footage of a Boeing 767 passenger jet landing at Britain’s Birmingham International Airport in terrifyingly windy conditions.The 73-second video...
View ArticleA Rare In-Air Photo Of A B-2 Stealth Bomber Flying With A T-38 Talon
The T-38 Talon Twin-Jet Supersonic Trainer is a vital training tool used by B-2 Spirit stealth bomber pilots.The image above shows something you don’t see every day: a T-38 Talon and a B-2 Spirit...
View ArticleThe Pentagon Is Killing A Combat-Proven Aircraft That Most Troops Totally Love
The A-10 Thunderbolt II, endearingly referred to as the Warthog for its snubbed-nose design, is set for retirement in the 2015 budget as deep cuts to military funding will go into effect.This planned...
View ArticleThis Is What It Looks Like When An F-22 Fires A Sidewinder Missile
You don’t see photos like this too often.Most of the images you can find online showing an F-22 stealth fighter firing a missile either depict a Raptor prototype or the air-to-air missile being...
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