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Vermont ANG F-16
News & Features

Stories From The Eyes In The Sky On 9/11

By Chris Croot

Posted on Sep 11, 2022

Air traffic controller 9/11
News & Features

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

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Sep 11, 2022

Death Gun Salute
News & Features

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

By Howard Altman

Posted on Sep 9, 2022

Operation London Bridge
News & Features

Meticulously Planned Logistics Operation Underway To Celebrate Queen’s Life

By Howard Altman

Posted on Sep 8, 2022

Il62 landing in germany
News & Features

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

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Aug 19, 2022

Long John Silver in the film Treasure Island
News & Features

Everything You Know About Pirates Is Wrong

By Rebecca Simon

Posted on Jul 25, 2022

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

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

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jul 22, 2022

Amanda "Stalin" Lee
Sea

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

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 18, 2022

Blue Angels
Sea

First Woman Blue Angels Jet Demonstration Pilot Selected (Updated)

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 18, 2022

ROBIN OLDS
Air

Why The Legacy Of Robin Olds Lives On In Today’s Fighter Pilots

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 14, 2022

Sunken Ship Locations Could Be Kept Secret By The Military If Amendment Passes
News & Features

Sunken Ship Locations Could Be Kept Secret By The Military If Amendment Passes

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jun 23, 2022

Elite British SAS Soldier’s Action-Packed Account Of The Falklands War
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Elite British SAS Soldier’s Action-Packed Account Of The Falklands War

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 14, 2022

Kim Astronaut Pilot SEAL Doctor
News & Features

SEAL-Doctor-Astronaut Jonny Kim Is Adding Pilot To His Crazy Resume

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 9, 2022

Haibatullah Aliza
News & Features

The Afghan Army’s Last Commander On How His Country Really Fell

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 9, 2022

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News & Features

63-Year-Old Retired Russian Fighter Pilot Shot Down In Su-25 Over Ukraine

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 24, 2022

Ex-Green Berets Say Horse Soldier Lessons Ring True In Ukraine
Land

Ex-Green Berets Say Horse Soldier Lessons Ring True In Ukraine

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 17, 2022

Doc Schultz Su-27 Red Hats Area 51 Crash
Air

Area 51 Test Pilot Died During Heroic Su-27 Flight: Report

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 7, 2022

A picture of Ukrainian forces in vehicles armed with Javelin anti-tank missiles overlaid on top of a photograph from a recent visit by US President Joe Biden to a Lockheed Martin facility which manufactures these weapons in Troy, Alabama.
News & Features

New Ukraine Military Aid Bill Isn’t Your Grandfather’s Lend-Lease Act

By Ryan Faith

Posted on May 5, 2022

Azovstal steel plant
News & Features

Ukrainian Officer’s Defiant Dispatch From Inside Mariupol’s Besieged Steel Plant

By Howard Altman

Posted on Apr 30, 2022

USAF Simulator Train B52 KC135 Fairchild2
Air

The B-52 Flight Simulator Trains Of The Cold War

By Emma Helfrich

Updated on Apr 29, 2022

Father Flew First F-15 Eagles Into Europe, Son Just Flew Them Out
Air

Father Flew First F-15 Eagles Into Europe, Son Just Flew Them Out

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Apr 27, 2022

Uss Oklahoma City Vietnam
News & Features

The One Time North Vietnam’s MiGs Attacked U.S. Navy Warships

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 22, 2022

Unique Soviet Monster Tank Designed To Survive A Nuclear Blast Has Roared Back To Life
News & Features

Unique Soviet Monster Tank Designed To Survive A Nuclear Blast Has Roared Back To Life

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Mar 31, 2022

F-15 Eagle Driver On What It Is Like Flying Against Ukraine’s Fighter Pilots
Air

F-15 Eagle Driver On What It Is Like Flying Against Ukraine’s Fighter Pilots

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Mar 30, 2022

X-32’s Test Pilot On Why It Lost To What Became The F-35
Air

X-32’s Test Pilot On Why It Lost To What Became The F-35

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Feb 4, 2022

Bug Out To Your Own Decommissioned Atlas Missile Silo For $380k
News & Features

Bug Out To Your Own Decommissioned Atlas Missile Silo For $380k

By Brett Tingley

Posted on Feb 1, 2022

Space Shuttle Carrying 747 Was Secretly Modified To Defend Itself From Heat-Seeking Missiles (Updated)
Space

Space Shuttle Carrying 747 Was Secretly Modified To Defend Itself From Heat-Seeking Missiles (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 28, 2022

An Air Stewardess Fell 33,000 Feet And Lived To Tell The Tale 50 Years Ago Today
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An Air Stewardess Fell 33,000 Feet And Lived To Tell The Tale 50 Years Ago Today

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jan 27, 2022

The Secretive U-2 Spy Plane Missions Flown Out Of Norway’s Bodø Airbase
Air

The Secretive U-2 Spy Plane Missions Flown Out Of Norway’s Bodø Airbase

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jan 6, 2022

Enlisted SEAL Team Six Operators Piloted Leased Aircraft According To Founder Richard Marcinko
Sea

Enlisted SEAL Team Six Operators Piloted Leased Aircraft According To Founder Richard Marcinko

By Brian O’Rourke

Posted on Dec 28, 2021

SEAL Team Six Founder Richard Marcinko Has Died
Sea

SEAL Team Six Founder Richard Marcinko Has Died

By Brian O’Rourke

Updated on Dec 27, 2021

What It’s Like To Live And Work Inside White Sands Missile Range
News & Features

What It’s Like To Live And Work Inside White Sands Missile Range

By Randy Smith

Updated on Dec 22, 2021

Flying Boats Flew Japan’s Little-Known Follow-On Raid On Pearl Harbor
Sea

Flying Boats Flew Japan’s Little-Known Follow-On Raid On Pearl Harbor

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Dec 8, 2021

Tails Of War: Animals Have Made The Rigors Of Combat More Bearable Wherever Troops Have Served
News & Features

Tails Of War: Animals Have Made The Rigors Of Combat More Bearable Wherever Troops Have Served

By Brian O’Rourke

Updated on Nov 11, 2021

This Myth-Busting Walk-Around Of The Soviet MiG-23 Flogger Fighter Is A Must-Watch
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This Myth-Busting Walk-Around Of The Soviet MiG-23 Flogger Fighter Is A Must-Watch

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 10, 2021

The Soviet Meteorit Mach-3 Cruise Missile Was A Colossal Cold War Oddity
News & Features

The Soviet Meteorit Mach-3 Cruise Missile Was A Colossal Cold War Oddity

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 9, 2021

Disembodied Voices Were Blasted Into The Jungle By The U.S. In Vietnam To Spook The Enemy
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Disembodied Voices Were Blasted Into The Jungle By The U.S. In Vietnam To Spook The Enemy

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Oct 29, 2021

An OV-10 Bronco Pilot’s Adventure Teaching Thai Flyers Forward Air Control
Air

An OV-10 Bronco Pilot’s Adventure Teaching Thai Flyers Forward Air Control

By Thomas Newdick, ‘Danno’

Updated on Oct 28, 2021

Life On The High Seas Aboard A Tin Can Destroyer During The Cold War
Sea

Life On The High Seas Aboard A Tin Can Destroyer During The Cold War

By Juan Rivera

Updated on Oct 22, 2021

Become One Of The Last Starfighters By Buying This Pristine Mach Two Capable F-104
Air

Become One Of The Last Starfighters By Buying This Pristine Mach Two Capable F-104

By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Oct 8, 2021

Confessions Of A Navy F-14 Fleet Pilot Turned F-5 Aggressor
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Confessions Of A Navy F-14 Fleet Pilot Turned F-5 Aggressor

By Francesco “Paco” Chierici and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Sep 28, 2021

Confessions Of An A-6 Intruder Pilot
News & Features

Confessions Of An A-6 Intruder Pilot

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Sep 28, 2021

The Army Acquired Its Own Hovercraft In The 1980s. It Didn’t Go Well.
Land

The Army Acquired Its Own Hovercraft In The 1980s. It Didn’t Go Well.

By Brian O’Rourke

Updated on Sep 23, 2021

Two NATO Fighters Accidentally Flew Behind The Iron Curtain 60 Years Ago Today
News & Features

Two NATO Fighters Accidentally Flew Behind The Iron Curtain 60 Years Ago Today

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Sep 16, 2021

Looking To The Past And Thinking Of The Present As We Reflect On 9/11 And Never Forgetting
News & Features

Looking To The Past And Thinking Of The Present As We Reflect On 9/11 And Never Forgetting

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Sep 11, 2021

What 9/11 Was Like For The Only American That Watched It From Space
News & Features

What 9/11 Was Like For The Only American That Watched It From Space

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 11, 2021

Previously Unreleased Photo Shows Secret Service Armored Limos Damaged On 9/11
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Previously Unreleased Photo Shows Secret Service Armored Limos Damaged On 9/11

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 8, 2021

Five Decades After Evacuating The Embassy In Saigon The CH-46 Phrog Did It Again In Kabul
News & Features

Five Decades After Evacuating The Embassy In Saigon The CH-46 Phrog Did It Again In Kabul

By Adam Kehoe and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 17, 2021

Surface-Launched Version Of The Tomcat’s AIM-54 Phoenix Missile Nearly Armed Cold War Carriers
Sea

Surface-Launched Version Of The Tomcat’s AIM-54 Phoenix Missile Nearly Armed Cold War Carriers

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 11, 2021

New Light Shed On The Once Top Secret Tacit Blue Aircraft By Veteran Program Manager
Air

New Light Shed On The Once Top Secret Tacit Blue Aircraft By Veteran Program Manager

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 10, 2021

This Kamikaze Impact Mark On A British Cruiser Is A Testament To The Brutality Of The Pacific War
Sea

This Kamikaze Impact Mark On A British Cruiser Is A Testament To The Brutality Of The Pacific War

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jul 27, 2021

Final F-14 Demo Crewman Remembers Legendary Tomcat Demo Pilot Dale “Snort” Snodgrass
Air

Final F-14 Demo Crewman Remembers Legendary Tomcat Demo Pilot Dale “Snort” Snodgrass

By LCDR Joe “Smokin” Ruzicka

Updated on Jul 26, 2021

The Mach-3 XF-108 Rapier Would Have Packed Its Big Missiles On A Revolver-Like Launcher
Air

The Mach-3 XF-108 Rapier Would Have Packed Its Big Missiles On A Revolver-Like Launcher

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 14, 2021

You Can Bug-Out To Your Own Cold War Communications Bunker For A Cool $695,000
News & Features

You Can Bug-Out To Your Own Cold War Communications Bunker For A Cool $695,000

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Jul 13, 2021

Marines Had An “Aircraft Carrier On Land” With Catapults And Arresting Gear In Vietnam
Sea

Marines Had An “Aircraft Carrier On Land” With Catapults And Arresting Gear In Vietnam

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jul 9, 2021

The B-17 Bomber’s Combat Debut 80 Years Ago Today Was A Fiasco
Air

The B-17 Bomber’s Combat Debut 80 Years Ago Today Was A Fiasco

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jul 9, 2021

The Most Replayed Carrier Crash In History Happened 70 Years Ago Today
Sea

The Most Replayed Carrier Crash In History Happened 70 Years Ago Today

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 23, 2021

The Soviet-Era Hurricane High-Speed Missile Boat Had Absolutely Gargantuan Hydrofoils
News & Features

The Soviet-Era Hurricane High-Speed Missile Boat Had Absolutely Gargantuan Hydrofoils

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jun 12, 2021

Texan F-16 Viper Appears In Vietnam-Era Green And Tan Camouflage
News & Features

Texan F-16 Viper Appears In Vietnam-Era Green And Tan Camouflage

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 10, 2021

What It Was Like Dogfighting In The F-14 Against America’s Secret MiG Squadron
Air

What It Was Like Dogfighting In The F-14 Against America’s Secret MiG Squadron

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 3, 2021

These Sailors Releasing Their Shipmates’ Bodies Into The Sea Is Worth Thinking Of This Memorial Day
Sea

These Sailors Releasing Their Shipmates’ Bodies Into The Sea Is Worth Thinking Of This Memorial Day

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on May 31, 2021

A Boeing 707 That Survived The ‘Black September’ Hijacking Spree Is Getting Scrapped
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A Boeing 707 That Survived The ‘Black September’ Hijacking Spree Is Getting Scrapped

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on May 11, 2021

With No Ejection Seats, Skyknight Fighter Crews Slid Down A Tunnel To Salvation
Air

With No Ejection Seats, Skyknight Fighter Crews Slid Down A Tunnel To Salvation

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on May 5, 2021

Bin Laden Raid Pilot Says Unique Marine Air-To-Air Course Likely Saved Him From Pakistani F-16s
Air

Bin Laden Raid Pilot Says Unique Marine Air-To-Air Course Likely Saved Him From Pakistani F-16s

By tyler rogoway and jamie hunter

Posted on May 3, 2021