Aircraft (Page 6)

Air Force crew performs first-ever rescue in brand new search-and-rescue helicopter

Posted on Oct 12, 2022

A U.S. Marine from the 3/5 Lima company points his rifle at a building as it burns in the restive city of Fallujah,14 November 2004, 50 kms west of Baghdad, Iraq. (AFP photo by Patrick Baz via Getty Images)

Drones

Who gets to call themselves a ‘combat veteran’?

Posted on Oct 10, 2022

Drones

What it might be like for Air Force fighter pilots to command a team of drones in battle

Posted on Oct 6, 2022

How Air Force maintainers achieved a rare perfect inspection on a 49-year-old aircraft

Posted on Sep 28, 2022

Air Force pilot explains what it takes to be the top A-10 gun in the West

Posted on Sep 15, 2022

Drones

Video of US soldiers training against drone swarm offers glimpse at future of warfare

By Max Hauptman, Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 13, 2022

Lack of training, maintenance likely led to Taliban pilot crashing Black Hawk, military aviator explains

Posted on Sep 12, 2022

The Air Force’s ‘Hawgsmoke’ A-10 Warthog competition is like the Olympics of close air support

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Sep 12, 2022

Video shows paratrooper pull their reserve parachute right before impact, narrowly avoiding disaster

Posted on Sep 9, 2022

The unexpected link between the A-10 Warthog and the hit Kanye West song ‘Jesus Walks’

Posted on Sep 7, 2022

Inside Norway’s complex plan to save a stranded Air Force Osprey

Posted on Sep 6, 2022

A-10 pilot explains why the snow speeder is the Warthog of the ‘Star Wars’ galaxy

Posted on Sep 5, 2022

The Air Force hopes this tiny box will help pilots fly through a chemical weapons attack

Posted on Sep 2, 2022

The Army grounds its fleet of CH-47 Chinooks, one of its oldest and most versatile aircraft

Posted on Aug 31, 2022

That time the Air Force delivered a heart transplant on a supersonic bomber

Posted on Aug 26, 2022

US calls in Apaches, AC-130s, and artillery to take on militants after Syria rocket attacks

Posted on Aug 25, 2022

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How an Air Force Reaper drone helped save lives aboard a burning ship in the Pacific

Posted on Aug 24, 2022

Drones

After 64 days, the Army’s drone that wouldn’t die has died [Updated]

Posted on Aug 21, 2022

Bombers

Here’s how the US military can win a war against China

By David Geaney

Posted on Aug 17, 2022

Bombers

The Air Force is shuttering a pair of critical programs that trained foreign air forces in Afghanistan and beyond

By Ethan Brown

Posted on Aug 12, 2022

Drones

This Air Force drone just proved it can be a ‘Grunt Angel’ in a war with China

Posted on Aug 10, 2022

How the MiG-29 went from the ‘bad guy’ plane to the underdog against Russia

Posted on Aug 10, 2022

The 82nd Airborne awarded soldiers for the Kabul evacuation, then took the medals back for now

Posted on Aug 9, 2022

The Air Force made a hype video for a new fighter wing commander. He was fired a year later

Posted on Aug 8, 2022

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‘Oh shit that’s my house’ — Iraq vet realizes Al Qaeda chief was killed while living in his old home

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Aug 4, 2022

Experts doubt China is gearing up to invade Taiwan under the guise of training

Posted on Aug 3, 2022

This little-known Air Force jet just became the most-watched aircraft in history

Posted on Aug 2, 2022

Drones

Here’s what all those UFO sightings might be — and what the military may know

By Dan Reedy

Posted on Aug 2, 2022

Drones

The Army has a drone flying over the American Southwest that refuses to die

Posted on Jul 31, 2022

The bulk of the Air Force’s F-35 fleet just got grounded over faulty ejection seats

Posted on Jul 29, 2022

An Air Force Security Forces truck got impaled by a fighter jet

Posted on Jul 27, 2022

Bombers

The story behind the ‘pickle’ button that US military pilots use to drop bombs

Posted on Jul 27, 2022

A-10 pilot explains how the Warthog’s depleted uranium rounds turn tank armor against itself

Posted on Jul 27, 2022

Nancy Pelosi may travel to Taiwan on a military plane, raising concerns about how China might react

Posted on Jul 25, 2022

‘I need a cleanup crew’ — Navy pilot describes crapping his pants at 30,000 feet

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Jul 21, 2022

Air Force pits helicopter pilots against Russian-made Hinds in rare mock battle

Posted on Jul 19, 2022

Army helicopter crew earns rare ‘broken wing award’ after surviving ‘catastrophic’ incident in Afghanistan

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Jul 19, 2022

The Air Force is very sorry about killing your pets

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Jul 19, 2022

Bombers

More people have gone into space than have piloted the Air Force’s B-2 stealth bomber

Posted on Jul 18, 2022

This whimsical machine gun-toting bunny is the Air Force’s latest squadron mascot

Posted on Jul 12, 2022

Air Force F-16 pilot explains how he dodged 6 missiles during insane Gulf War mission

Posted on Jul 11, 2022

‘Do you wish you were a real pilot?’ — Comedian grills her F-35 pilot fiancé in hilarious interview

Posted on Jul 11, 2022

How an F-15 scored an air-to-air kill by dropping a bomb on an enemy helicopter

Posted on Jul 7, 2022

Navy Blue Angels had to change their show after jet caused $180,000 in building damage

Posted on Jul 7, 2022

Army pilots expertly land Black Hawk helicopter on knife’s edge ridge to save injured hiker

Posted on Jul 6, 2022

A Marine’s Bronze Star offers insight into US troops’ heroism during the Kabul evacuation

Posted on Jul 5, 2022

The Air Force now has a golden F-16

Posted on Jul 1, 2022

Drones

Off the shelf, above the fight: How cheap drones are completely changing warfare

By Ivan F. Ingraham

Posted on Jul 1, 2022

Air Force A-10s continue to prove that runways are for suckers

Posted on Jul 1, 2022

Air Force selects new helmet to replace the one pilots have loved to hate since the 1980s

Posted on Jun 29, 2022

Meet the ‘Wizzo’ — The secret sauce to one of the Air Force’s deadliest fighter jets

Posted on Jun 25, 2022

Bombers

Congress is bringing back the idea of a ‘limited’ nuclear war

Posted on Jun 24, 2022

Drones

The Air Force wants to take on active shooters with drones and robots

Posted on Jun 20, 2022

Navy helicopter crash marks the 5th military aviation mishap in less than 2 weeks

Posted on Jun 10, 2022

A helicopter flown in Afghanistan is now a military couple’s camper

Posted on Jun 8, 2022

Navy F-18 pilot, special operator killed in separate incidents in California [Updated]

Posted on Jun 4, 2022

Drones

The Navy is eyeing a drone that can fly for a week without refueling

Posted on May 17, 2022

Why Air Force pilots spent a day being dragged through the water by a jet ski

Posted on May 16, 2022

The Air Force hopes to snag ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ fans with a recruiting ad before the movie

Posted on May 11, 2022

Ukrainian military confirms ‘The Ghost of Kyiv’ is made up

Posted on May 1, 2022

NATO fighter jets scrambled ‘multiple times’ this week in response to Russian aircraft

Updated on Apr 30, 2022

The MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin. (U.S. Marine Corps/Sgt. Kayla Rivera)

The Marine Corps’ reorganization plan will cripple its aviation capabilities

By Terry Dake

Posted on Apr 22, 2022

Air Force commandos are learning how to fight in Sweden’s frigid forests where ‘nothing works’