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Watch F-16 Save Unconscious Pilot’s Life at the Last Second

If you got yer nose in the news lately, you’re well-acquainted with Tesla and Google’s attempts at automating personal travel — i.e. autopilot tech and self-driving cars. And, if you’re […]

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7 years ago0
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This Raptor Getting Refueled Will Be the Coolest Thing You See Today

This photograph was snapped by a member of the United States Air Force — Airman 1st Class Kevin Tanenbaum, and was featured by Smithsonian’s Air & Space Magazine, online. It […]

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7 years ago0
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Trolls Bashing This Air National Guard Clip Simply Don’t Get It

The majority of the commenters that had something to say about this YouTube video clip berated the fact that they thought it was all setup, for the cameras — and that […]

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7 years ago0
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F-16 Pilot on 9/11 Mission: “I Would Essentially Be a Kamikaze Pilot”

On September 11, 2001, Lt. Heather Penney was tasked with the following incomprehensible mission: bring down Flight 93 — a hijacked plane that, at the time, was hurdling toward Washington […]

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7 years ago0
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New York City Bridge Workers Behold the Majesty of the Angels

Working all day on the George Washington Bridge — the grandiose, latticed link between Manhattan and Fort Lee, New Jersey — can be grueling, rugged labor. Especially in the late […]

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7 years ago0
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A-10 Warthog Flyover Riles Up Antsy North Carolina City

It’s late August. Which means, in North Carolina and its interior cities, it’s balmy, boiling and not so cool. The heat must be getting to its residents, because a recent […]

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7 years ago0
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This American Family Lives in an Airplane Hangar

Do you know what a Matryoshka doll is? You might. It’s often called a “Russian nesting doll”, a “babushka doll” or more plainly, a “Russian doll”, but it’s more or […]

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7 years ago0
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World’s Largest Aircraft Crashes

Remember this big … aircraft we covered on the blog a few weeks ago? The world’s largest aircraft (it’s about the length of a football field) that was originally designed […]

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7 years ago0
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This A-10 Warthog Looks Like It’s Smoking a Fat Cigar

Level with us here. The photograph below looks like the warthog is puffing on an obese stogie, right? Most would assume that its origin has Cuban roots, but we’d like […]

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7 years ago0
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Watch a Rogue Helicopter Ruin a Military Airshow

The Red Arrows, in case you didn’t know, are the Royal Air Force’s answer to the United States Air Force’s Thunderbirds. You could say the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels but, […]

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7 years ago0
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Failed U.S. Army Project Now the World’s Largest Aircraft

What do you get when you take a blimp, a zeppelin and a jumbo jet and you somehow smash them altogether? Interestingly enough, you get a failed United States Army […]

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7 years ago0
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Three Screwtops Awarded Air Medal for Preventing Deadly Crash

Remember this story about the three United States military pilots who somehow averted their E-2C Hawkeye from crashing into the ocean after its arresting cabled snapped from its base on […]

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7 years ago0
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What Heat-Vision Does to a Levitating F-35

What does a floating, state-of-the-art F-35B fighter jet look like if you’re peering at it with a machine that visualizes using heat, rather than light? Why, it looks like the […]

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7 years ago0
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How a Famous Military Contractor Guards Its Snobbery

If you’ve followed the blog, you’re familiar with Rolls Royce and their ability to manufacture killer, devastatingly powerful engines for fighter jets and even really fast boats — i.e. the […]

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7 years ago0
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F-22 Raptor Attacked By Bees

Not a MiG. Not anti-aircraft artillery. Not a heatseeking missile. Nope. None of these. The thing that put a state-of-the-art F-22 Raptor stationed at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia out […]

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7 years ago0
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This Toy A-10 Warthog Provides Vital ‘Close Backyard Support’

If you’ve been an avid reader of this blog (or just a casual purveyor of this blog) you know what a real, full-size A-10 Warthog can do. Shoot, we’ve shown […]

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7 years ago0
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How They Made the SR-71 Blackbird So Dang Fast

Ahh. The SR-71 Blackbird. The most romanticized and beloved (for good reason) military aircraft of all time. From its sleek design to its Batman-like qualities to its ability to go […]

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7 years ago0
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What Happens When You Skate Under an SR-71 Blackbird

An SR-71 Blackbird is special. We can all agree on this point. So, if it’s in your presence, and you’re attempting to successfully perform any other pastime other than staring at […]

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7 years ago0
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Here’s a Blue Devil Corvette Drag Racing a Blue Angel Hornet

Ever wonder what happens when you pit a F/A-18 Hornet jet against a Chevy Corvette in a drag race? Have you ever wondered what happens when you pit a 98-year-old […]

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7 years ago0
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This Marine Helicopter Crash Training Will Give You Nightmares

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger — right? Yeah. Right. But the United States Marine Corps take this idiom to a whole new level (per usual) of application in […]

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7 years ago0
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