Latest Aircraft Stories
US official claims ISIS fighters were hiding among Afghan civilians during deadly drone strike
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Marine grunts’ next battle buddy: a robot .50 cal that fires kamikaze drones
Built to win World War III, the F-35 is mostly being used to bomb caves and other stationary targets
The Air Force is working on a ‘flying car’ to replace the V-22 Osprey — and it could take flight sooner than you think
These ‘kamikaze’ drones are believed to be the culprits of the attacks on 2 Saudi oil fields. Here’s what we know about them
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US F-15s nearly took out a pair of parachutists over southern England
The Air Force’s entire A-10 Warthog fleet is getting a raft of lethal new upgrades
An A-10 accidentally fired a rocket near Tucson during training mission
The Air Force’s latest challenge: getting 2 Dodge muscle cars across the Atlantic to help U-2 spy planes land
US military drone shot down over Yemen
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The US military now has to ask the Iraqis for permission before flying some missions in Iraqi airspace
A pair of Blue Angels jets got a little too close for comfort during training in Florida
The A-10 Warthog will keep on BRRRTing in the free world for at least another decade
Marine Corps’ first female F-35 pilot makes history
The son of a fighter pilot killed in the Vietnam War flew his father’s remains home after more than 50 years
The Air Force is pulling a quarter of its C-130s out of service for wing crack inspections
64 years ago, the vaunted U-2 spy plane’s first flight happened totally by accident
Navy identifies F/A-18E Super Hornet pilot killed in California crash
The original ‘Top Gun’ was a recruiter’s dream. The sequel will be anything but
Kelly McGillis claims she wasn’t asked to appear in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ because she’s ‘old and fat’
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The Air Force has just 7 B-1B Lancer bombers ready for war. It’s supposed to have 10 times as many
Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet crashes in California. Pilot’s status unknown
The real reason Maverick is still a captain 30 years after ‘Top Gun,’ according to this hilariously accurate alternate trailer
The F-35 ‘is kind of like the iPhone,’ according to the Air Force’s operational testing wing commander
The F-35 reportedly can’t use its afterburners without its critical stealth tech ‘bubbling and blistering’
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Marines may have bagged a second Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz
The Army is running a classified mission with black helicopters over Washington, D.C.
USS Boxer shoots down Iranian drone as the US and Iran edge closer to conflict
The official trailer for Top Gun 2 is finally here
The F-35 has a new problem that won’t be easy to solve
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Kalashnikov’s new anti-drone rifle is … well, just look at it
The flamethrower drone conversion kit you never knew you needed is finally here
The Air Force’s newest gunship is officially here to f*ck up your day
The AC-130U Spooky gunship has completed its final combat deployment
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Air Force A-10 gets hit by bird, ‘inadvertently’ drops 3 dummy bombs in Florida
Trump wants military vehicles and an F-35 flyover in Washington, D.C. to celebrate Independence Day
Remains of 3 Marines killed in KC-130 crash off Japanese coast identified
Drones are the future. They could also earn you some serious cash
Iran just blasted one of the US military’s most advanced drones out of the sky
CENTCOM says Iran targeted US military drones twice this month
Consider this a reminder that the Army’s search for a new scout helo was definitely inspired by ‘Avatar’
This C-17 crew fought near-zero visibility and broke diplomatic protocol to save a life. Now they’re up for awards
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The F-35 is still struggling with a string of major problems even as the Pentagon considers ramping up production
Watch the Air Force’s F-35 Demo Team commander break down each of his insane aerial acrobatics
Here’s what happened to that Japanese F-35 that mysteriously disappeared in the Pacific
Navy pilots are reporting more UFOs. Are they from Russia, China, or somewhere beyond?
Close Air Support: A-10 Warthog vs. F-35 Lightning
The ‘hard landing’ that destroyed a Chinook in Afghanistan sounds a whole lot like a crash
F-35 becomes first fifth-generation aircraft to draw a ‘sky penis’
The US may suspend F-35 training for Turkish pilots over Ankara’s missile deal with Russia
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Soldiers say the Army’s new nano-drones are a game changer
South Korea’s army is training drones to teabag enemies with explosives
The Air Force wants to use autonomous drones to Uber downed pilots to safety
The transcript of the pilots talking through their creation of ‘sky dong’ is even better than their drawing
A new WWII documentary chronicles the heroism of B-17 bomber crews and the horrors they endured
US B-52 bombers just rolled up in the Middle East in a message to Iran
An F-16 Fighting Falcon fought a hawk and won
No, the Pentagon’s ‘new’ aircraft carrier and bomber deployment is not a sign of imminent war with Iran
This WWII-era flying wing crashed in a California prison yard after doing a ‘barrel roll,’ according to the NTSB
The high-tech stealth F-35A made its combat debut against… a cave
An F-35 stealth fighter is still missing somewhere in the Pacific — here’s everything the US military has sent to find it
Acting SecDef Shanahan thinks the F-35 program is ‘f–ked up’ just like everyone else
This Air Force slide shows how the F-35 became a bottomless money pit from which there is no escape
5 military jobs that prove anyone can operate a drone