U.S. Air Force Celebrates 69 Years as an Independent Military Branch
Sixty-nine years ago, the U.S. Air Force was officially designated as an independent service on Sept. 18, 1947. Today, the Air Force and the military community celebrates the enduring legacy […]
See Skunk Works’ Concept Design for Dragon Lady’s Replacement
Lockheed’s advanced development factory, Skunk Works, originally planned to replace the United States Air Force’s trusty old U-2 “Dragon Lady” spy plane with another version of the popular reconnaissance aircraft […]
Study: Drone Pilots Emotionally React to Combat Just Like Traditional Pilots
Piloting an unmanned aircraft in a warzone isn’t anything like playing a video game. According to a recent study conducted by the Air Force, drone pilots are just as emotionally […]
Report: $251 Million Marine F-35B Is a Lemon (It Sucks)
This summer the Marines proudly told the world that the F-35B — the “state-of-the-art” stealth fighter that cost taxpayers a whopping trillion dollars to develop and $251 million a pop […]
Watch This Intrepid U.S. Military Pilot Make a Miraculous Blind Landing in a Sandstorm
Think flying in an unforgiving, driving rainstorm is scary difficult? Try replacing the droplets of water with sand. Because that’s precisely what this United States military pilot deals with in […]
Lockheed Martin Protests Humvee Replacement Oshkosh Defense
Lockheed Martin Corp, the military’s largest defense contractor, is challenging the Pentagon’s choice of Oshkosh Defense as its new supplier of military vehicles. Last month, the Pentagon announced that it […]
Watch U.S. and South Korean Aircraft Drop Freedom Bombs in Live Fire Exercise
During last month’s U.S.-South Korea joint military exercises, the U.S. Air Force and Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) participated in a colorful, spectacular air demo. Using both real ammo […]
Top Secret Stealth F/A-18 Hornet Looks Like a Giant Paper Airplane
Most “concepts” or “prototypes” that look this bone white, like this peculiar looking aircraft being stored at the United States Air Force’s Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group’s junkyard in Arizona […]
U.S. Air Force Scrambles F-16s to Intercept Demented Foreign Cat Lady
About $136,000.** That’s what it cost the United States Air Force — i.e. the American taxpayers — to scramble a couple of F-16 fighter jets to help bring a commercial […]
Air Force Infographic Introduces the F-22 to Europe
For the first time, the U.S. Air Force has deployed four F-22 Raptors to the European theater. The goals of this move are three-fold: to show Russia that the United […]
UK Military Shares What Its Navy Vessels Will Look Like in 2050
To keep the British military at the forefront of military technology, the Ministry of Defense has funded a project called Starpoint to revamp its Navy by 2050. The group of […]
Wanted: Dummy Missile Last Seen in Military Helicopter, Dropped Somewhere in NY
The Army is currently searching high and low for a dummy missile dropped somewhere in Upstate New York. The military has been searching for the missile since Friday. A 10th […]
Find Out Who Comes Out on Top in This Classic F-15 vs. F-16 Dogfight
The United States Air Force’s Operation Red Flag is “a simulated air war designed to train fighter pilots for combat”. It takes place at Nellis Air Force Base located in […]
Man Spends Three Years Building 24-Foot Long Lego USS Missouri
For one Scottish fisherman, legos and military history are labors of love. It thus made sense for Jim McDonough to combine his passions and dedicate three long years to building a […]
Watch the Largest Aircraft in U.S. Military History Land in Iowa
To say the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a monster would be understated its immense stature. But, believe it or not, its hold is only one foot longer than the length […]
Boeing Says It’s Rolling Out a Laser Drone Destroyer
Drones / Drones / Their point is moot / The more they fly the more we hoot. / The more we hoot the better we feel so fly those drones after […]
A Single Loose Nut Cost the U.S. Air Force $62.4 Million
A sloppy private defense contracting company is over a barrel and the United States Air Force is out $62.4 million after a retaining nut connecting oxygen tubing was not tightened […]
Watch a Drone Discover a Benedictine Monk Sunbathing on Top of a Wind Turbine
Taking a vow of poverty, chastity and obedience won’t put you in line to become the next Rick James — but it can get you a decent tan. That’s what one drone pilot discovered recently […]
Here’s a Ram Ramming the Synthetic Snot out of a Drone
For those who love drones, you’re not going to enjoy the following. For those of you who detest them, think they’re going to one day have a hand in wiping […]
U.S. Military Sends F-22 Raptors to Tell Russia to Back Off
To show Russia and its allies American might, the Air Force will deploy the F-22 Raptor multi-purpose stealth fighter to Europe. Raptors have been sent on rotation to the Pacific, […]