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An air-to-air right side view of a 494th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft releasing its load of Mark 82 high-drag bombs over the Bardenas Reales range. The 494th TFS has been deployed to Zaragoza Air Base for training.

The F-111 Was Faster Than You Think

By Thomas Newdick
Feb 29 3:29 PM EST
CF-18 Cold War

Hornet Pilot’s Cold War Mission Left Him In The “Buffer Zone” Between East And West

By Dan McWilliams
Feb 22 4:05 PM EST
World war two aircraft: B-17G Fortresses of the 381st Bomb Group in flight, Summer 1944.

This Is What It Took To Defend A B-17 Bomber

By Thomas Newdick
Jan 31 5:00 PM EST
Masters Of The Air aerial sequences are amazing

Masters Of The Air’s Aerial Sequences Are Terrifying, Game Changing

By Tyler Rogoway
Jan 27 4:49 PM EST
Composite image of the exterior and interior of a nuclear communications bunker

Cold War Bunker Turned Mansion In Missouri Can Be Yours

By Oliver Parken
Jan 19 2:28 PM EST
WWII U-boats pictured amid the ruins of the Elbe II U-boat shelter

How Entombed U-boats Were Re-discovered Decades After WWII

By Oliver Parken
Jan 17 5:35 PM EST
CT-114 student pilot story

Military Flight Instructor’s Most Important Lesson: Student Pilots Will Try To Kill You

By Dan McWilliams
Jan 5 3:47 PM EST
Iron Age carnyx used to intimidate enemies on the battlefield

The Carnyx’s Eerie Cry Struck Fear Into Soldiers On Antiquity’s Battlefields

By Oliver Parken
Dec 15 6:39 PM EST
Gladius sword roman empire

How The Gladius Became Ancient Rome’s Most Iconic Weapon

By Dr. Joanne Ball
Dec 11 5:03 PM EST
The diesel-hydraulic/diesel-electric submarine USS Salmon at sea

The Extraordinary Tale Of USS Salmon’s Escape From Destruction

By Oliver Parken
Dec 1 4:38 PM EST
No, This Is Not A Secret UFO Crash Retrieval

No, This Is Not A Secret UFO Crash Retrieval

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway
Nov 29 8:41 PM EST
M55 Spy Plane may be headed for Ukraine war operations

Soviet-Era M-55 Spy Plane May Be Headed To Support The War In Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick
Nov 21 3:19 PM EST
Tustin, CA - November 07: Firefighters work to control a blaze at the north blimp hangar at the former Marine Corps Air Station Tustin in Tustin, CA, on Tuesday, November 7, 2023.

Giant WWII Airship Hangar Decimated By Raging Fire

By Oliver Parken
Nov 7 4:46 PM EST
A solo student plugged in to the tanker. Note how large the solid steel basket is, and how close it is to the delicate fighter

F-5 Pilot’s Early Struggles Aerial Refueling The Underpowered Jet

By Dan McWilliams
Nov 6 3:03 PM EST
An Su-27UB Flanker-C sits in the hangar of the Cold War Gallery, National Museum of the U.S. Air Force

Su-27 Absolutely Dwarfs All Jets Around It At Its New Home

By Oliver Parken
Oct 26 6:32 PM EDT
F-5 light fighters fly in formation

The Intriguing Story Of How Yemen Got F-5E Tiger II Fighters

By Oliver Parken
Oct 18 6:16 PM EDT
Mosquito BOAC WWII nuclear

The Nuclear Scientist And The Warplane That Became Britain’s Most Unlikely Airliner

By Rowland White
Oct 13 3:27 PM EDT
Yellow Submarine discotech

The Bizarre Backstory Of Croatia’s Yellow Submarine Nightclub

By Thomas Newdick
Oct 5 5:48 PM EDT
The Beach Bum Has Flown West: Jimmy Buffett’s Legacy In The Sky

The Beach Bum Has Flown West: Jimmy Buffett’s Legacy In The Sky

By Stetson Payne
Sep 2 9:39 PM EDT
USS Missouri Sailors brace for impact

Battleship Missouri’s Sailors Brace For Incoming Missiles In Intense Desert Storm Video

By Oliver Parken
Aug 30 2:36 PM EDT
ERCS ICBM

This ICBM-Launched Satellite Could Transmit Nuclear Codes When Nothing Else Was Left To

By Oliver Parken, Joseph Trevithick
Aug 29 4:27 PM EDT
Royal Navy 'Franken-ship' HMS Zubian

Royal Navy Once Created A ‘Franken-Ship’ From Two Destroyers

By Oliver Parken
Aug 22 5:55 PM EDT
Maj. Sandy Marquardt, Capt. Joe Hodges sit in the escape module of their F-111A

F-111 Aardvark’s Crew Escape Module Ejected The Whole Cockpit

By Oliver Parken
Aug 17 3:29 PM EDT
Douglas Skypirate

The Colossal Skypirate Was A Beast Of A Carrier Aircraft Design

By Oliver Parken
Jul 31 4:43 PM EDT
Lancaster bomber over the German city of Hamburg

Horror Of ‘Firestorm’ Introduced By Europe’s Deadliest Bombing Raid 80 Years Ago

By Thomas Newdick
Jul 27 5:37 PM EDT
Magnus LTA 20-1

This Alien-Looking Airship Design Used A Propulsion Method Unlike Any Other

By Oliver Parken
Jul 19 6:28 PM EDT
Pirate Weaponry

The Truth About Pirate Weapons

By Rebecca Simon
Jul 12 3:23 PM EDT
SEA VAMPIRE RUBBER DECK

Aircraft Carriers With Rubber Decks Were A Bad Idea

By Thomas Newdick
Jul 7 4:07 PM EDT
HURRICANE MURMANSK

Hurricane Fighters From WWII Unearthed In Ukrainian Forest

By Thomas Newdick
Jul 3 1:46 PM EDT
Green Beret conducts high-altitude freefall jump with an SADM

Special Forces Parachuted With Nukes Strapped To Them During The Cold War

By Oliver Parken
Jun 9 5:32 PM EDT
Mk 48 Frigate

Cold War U.S. Navy Nearly Armed Its Frigates With Mk 48 Heavyweight Torpedoes

By Kevin Noonan
Jun 6 5:46 PM EDT
Operation Teapot MET explosion

Why Vertical Smoke Trails Are Seen During Nuclear Explosions

By Oliver Parken
May 12 6:56 PM EDT
Engraving of Hermann Arminius

One Of Rome’s Most Devastating Military Defeats Was Masterminded From Within

By Dr. Joanne Ball
May 9 2:45 PM EDT
Auxiliary minelayer HMS Menestheus

This Minelayer Was Converted Into A Floating Brewery During World War II

By Oliver Parken
May 5 3:04 PM EDT
USS X-1 pictured during trials

The Navy Procured This Midget Submarine For Coastal Defense During The Cold War

By Oliver Parken
Apr 26 7:18 PM EDT
Von Braun V-2 rocket NASA

The Complicated Legacy Of The V-2 Rocket And Its Designer

By Dr. Charlie Hall
Apr 12 5:16 PM EDT
Atomic blast mushroom cloud, 1945

Iconic Atomic Bomb Blast Imagery From Japan Almost Never Happened

By Oliver Parken
Mar 28 4:59 PM EDT
Sniper Dummy Ukraine trenches

WWI Style Sniper Decoy Makes Comeback In Trenches Of Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick
Mar 13 2:30 PM EDT
Torpedo Launcher German Ship

This German Cruiser With A Crazy Past Had These Even Wackier Torpedo Launchers

By Oliver Parken
Mar 1 4:07 PM EST
AN-S1 medium-altitude balloon

Russia Also Has A Fleet Of Spy Balloons

By Piotr Butowski
Feb 13 3:06 PM EST
M-17 Mystic

The Soviets Built Bespoke Balloon-Killer Planes During The Cold War

By Piotr Butowski
Feb 7 3:03 PM EST
Russian Salvo Submarine Missile

Soviet Submarine Launched All Its Missiles In An Unprecedented Rehearsal For Armageddon

By Matus Smutny
Jan 30 7:26 PM EST
F9F Mig15 Royce Williams

Navy Pilot Who Secretly Killed Four MiGs On One Mission Finally Recognized

By Thomas Newdick
Jan 24 2:34 PM EST
Swiftsure

How A British Submarine Spent Hours Under A Russian Aircraft Carrier

By Matus Smutny
Jan 11 4:30 PM EST
Air Gunnery on rails training WWI

WWI Aircrews Trained In These Moving Cockpits On Rails To Learn Aerial Gunnery

By Oliver Parken
Jan 6 6:15 PM EST
B-2 GPS Guided Munition

The B-2’s Little-Known GAM Weapon Was The First Satellite-Guided Bomb

By Thomas Newdick
Jan 5 5:54 PM EST
A Roman Legion.

Tacfarinas Made Rome Realize It Had To Fight Like The Enemy To Win

By Dr. Joanne Ball
Dec 21 1:30 PM EST
The Battle of Messines

This Was The Biggest Planned Explosion In Warfare Before Hiroshima

By Oliver Parken
Dec 9 7:12 PM EST
V-2 white sands

The V-2 Rocket: Rise Of The Space Race And Cold War Missiles

By Dr. Charlie Hall
Dec 8 6:47 PM EST
Last 747

The Last 747 Ever Built Has Rolled Off Boeing’s Production Line (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick
Dec 6 7:38 PM EST
V-2 Rocket

The V-2 Rocket: Changing The Trajectory Of Warfare

By Dr. Charlie Hall
Nov 21 4:42 PM EST
Sultan Saladin On His Horse

Saladin Was A Land-Sea Warfare Innovator Of The Middle Ages

By Benjamin Duval
Nov 16 4:39 PM EST
B-17 In Horrific Mid-Air Collision At Dallas Airshow (Updated)

B-17 In Horrific Mid-Air Collision At Dallas Airshow (Updated)

By Stetson Payne
Nov 12 3:54 PM EST
This Quad Minigun-Armed WWII Turret Spewing Rounds Is Metal As Hell

This Quad Minigun-Armed WWII Turret Spewing Rounds Is Metal As Hell

By Joseph Trevithick
Oct 25 9:19 PM EDT
B-58 Hustler

The Convair RB-58 Recce Hustler’s Short But Fascinating Career

By Thomas Newdick
Oct 21 4:22 PM EDT
Vermont ANG F-16

Stories From The Eyes In The Sky On 9/11

By Chris Croot
Sep 11 4:58 PM EDT
Air traffic controller 9/11

Air Traffic Controller Details Sea Of Red Tape That Mired 9/11 Response

By Emma Helfrich
Sep 11 1:15 PM EDT
Death Gun Salute

‘Death Gun Salutes’ Honoring Queen Elizabeth II Thunder Around Globe

By Howard Altman
Sep 9 2:17 PM EDT
Operation London Bridge

Meticulously Planned Logistics Operation Underway To Celebrate Queen’s Life

By Howard Altman
Sep 8 7:22 PM EDT
Il62 landing in germany

This Crazy Il-62 Airliner’s Grass Landing Has A Great Story Behind It

By Emma Helfrich
Aug 19 6:02 PM EDT
Long John Silver in the film Treasure Island

Everything You Know About Pirates Is Wrong

By Rebecca Simon
Jul 25 3:38 PM EDT
Veteran Air Traffic Controller On Dealing With Stranger Things In The Sky

Veteran Air Traffic Controller On Dealing With Stranger Things In The Sky

By Emma Helfrich
Jul 22 2:42 PM EDT
Amanda "Stalin" Lee

Meet Lt. Amanda “Stalin” Lee, First Woman Blue Angels Jet Demo Pilot

By Howard Altman
Jul 18 10:25 AM EDT
Blue Angels

First Woman Blue Angels Jet Demonstration Pilot Selected (Updated)

By Howard Altman
Jul 17 11:10 PM EDT