See Army Humvees Fall to Destruction in Botched Airdrop
Stanley Kubrick. Alan Alda. Joseph Heller. They can all eat their hearts out, because the following footage of free-falling, unbridled Humvees raining from German blue skies near United States Army […]
You’ve NEVER Seen a Fighter Jet Filmed Like This Before
What happens when a small tech company builds their own gyro-stabilized camera system with the ability to dive and dip next to a fighter jet going hundreds of miles an […]
Watch These B-52s Get Deployed to the Middle East
For the first time since the 1990s, American B-52 Stratofortresses are being to deployed to the Middle East, to participate in Operation Inherent Resolve, the military intervention to put an […]
See This Pilot Land an F-15 With Only ONE Wing
The story of how Israeli pilot Zivi Nedivi landed his F-15 with only one wing is stuff of not just legend, but of almost magic. That is, to civilians and […]
Popular TV Show Features ‘Stolen Valor’ & Rare B-29 Superfortress
One super rare word. FIFI. Id est the only Boeing B-29 Superfortress currently still flying, and one that can be seen at its home with the Commemorative Air Force in […]
Navy P-8 Spots Desperate Message from Above, Rescues Island Castaways
Note to self: when stranded on a desert island, writing “HELP” in the sand really does work. When three Americans went missing in the Pacific Ocean, the Coast Guard enlisted a Navy […]
Price of B-21 Bomber Remains Shrouded in Mystery
We’ve essentially memorized the exorbitant cost of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program ($1.5 trillion!), so of course we were bound to notice that fact that the price of the […]
Are Fighter Pilots a Dying Breed?
(Photo Credit: U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden) The age of fighter pilot is coming to an end. While the U.S. military didn’t launch any aircraft until […]
Blueprint for Original Wright Brothers ‘Flying Machine’ Discovered in Cave
The lost historical treasure that singlehandedly made the U.S. Air Force possible has finally been tracked down. The 110-year-old patent file for Orville and Wilbur Wright’s ‘Flying Machine’ vanished 36 […]
Want to See a Military Airshow? Here’s Your Guide
It’s one thing to read this blog, grab a bag of popcorn, put your feet up and view our seemingly unending inventory of awe-inspiring military aircraft videos. It’s freaking fantastic […]
Police Chase Kills Two When Jeep Collides with F/A-18 Fighter Jet
Two people died Thursday after crashing their Jeep Grand Cherokee into a parked F/A-18 fighter jet. The duo was on the run from California police when they drove through the […]
Marines Forced to Scavenge Aircraft Parts from Military Museum
Thanks to Congressional budget cuts, one Marine aviation squadron sank to a new low. According to a testimony presented to the House Armed Services Committee, Marines stationed at southern U.S. […]
Pentagon Says F-16 Crashed in Afghanistan
According to the United States Defense Department, a U.S. Air Force F-16 jet crashed on Tuesday at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. Thankfully, news is that the pilot successfully ejected […]
Airman on What Happened When He Ejected at Supersonic Speed
“People don’t understand what wind does to someone at that speed. If you stick your hand out as you’re driving down the highway, stick out the car window and it’ll […]
Man Hijacks Egyptian Plane For Love, Not Terrorism
The world held its breath when an Egyptian plane veered off course Tuesday morning. The devastating terror attacks in Brussels happened only a week ago. There were 82 passengers, including […]
Lockheed Renews Plans to Build “SR-72”
Hey! Remember this story from a couple of years ago, one that surely fulfilled the lustful fantasies of more than a few American military aircraft enthusiasts? You know — the […]
This Is NOT How You Land on an Aircraft Carrier
Landing a military fighter jet isn’t horseshoes. Nor is it hand grenades. Either you land the darn machine on the surface of the floating boat, or you don’t. There’s simply […]
Gawk at This Amazing Footage of an Air Force Atomic Bunker
You saw it in The Terminator. You saw it in Independence Day. If you’re a gamer, you’ve probably engaged in a firefight inside it on Call of Duty or Fallout. […]
92 Year-Old Female WWII Pilot Takes to the Skies After 70 Years
They say that flying a Spitfire is like riding a bike. Okay, they don’t say that, but 92 year-old Joy Lofthouse does. More than 70 years ago, Lofthouse served as a female […]
See a Mexican Paratrooper Accidentally Get Hauled
When you jump from an airplane with a parachute on and you’re military (most likely a soldier), you’re a paratrooper. When you jump from an airplane with a parachute on […]