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This Cockpit Video Of A KC-10 Refueling Another KC-10 Is Amazing
KC-10

This Cockpit Video Of A KC-10 Refueling Another KC-10 Is Amazing

It all looks so smooth and almost easy until you take a closer look at the pilot's control inputs and the boom's movement.

Here Is How Much Those Decoy Flares Cost That Military Aircraft Fire Off All The Time
U.S. Air Force

Here Is How Much Those Decoy Flares Cost That Military Aircraft Fire Off All The Time

In combat, they are essential to the survivability of the aircraft that carry them, but they don't come as cheap as one may think.

Bunker Talk: Let’s Chat About All The Stories We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week
Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Let’s Chat About All The Stories We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

We can talk about mystery planes of the Nevada desert, invisible airplanes, geopolitics, expendable decoys—you know, no big whoop.

The Navy Is Backing Away From Its 355-Ship Plan, Has Invested Too Much In Too Few Hulls
Ghost Fleet Overlord Program

The Navy Is Backing Away From Its 355-Ship Plan, Has Invested Too Much In Too Few Hulls

Navy officials are increasingly looking at distributed fleets of lower-cost ships with a heavy emphasis on unmanned platforms.

Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft Got Confused And Won’t Reach The International Space Station
Space Shuttle

Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft Got Confused And Won’t Reach The International Space Station

This launch was supposed to be an uncrewed end-to-end test ahead of a mission carrying real astronauts scheduled to take place next year.

Crisis Averted As New Crew Successfully Blasts Off To The International Space Station
Space

Crisis Averted As New Crew Successfully Blasts Off To The International Space Station

An earlier failed launch could have left the station operating in a risky unmanned mode.

Watch This Crazy Middle Eastern Assassination Attempt Drill
Saudi Arabia

Watch This Crazy Middle Eastern Assassination Attempt Drill

This video has been making the rounds on Twitter incorrectly claiming to show an attempt on Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman's life.

Air Force To Conduct Its First Space Launch From Guam Next Year Using A 747 Jumbo Jet
U.S. Air Force

Air Force To Conduct Its First Space Launch From Guam Next Year Using A 747 Jumbo Jet

The decision comes amid increasing interest in alternative space launch concepts and small satellites to respond to growing threats to space assets.

Can The U.S. Military Make An Airplane Invisible To The Naked Eye?
U.S. Homeland

Can The U.S. Military Make An Airplane Invisible To The Naked Eye?

The development of visual stealth began in WWII and continues today. So, just how close has the military has come to realizing an invisible plane?

Air Force Names Its Newest Helicopters “Grey Wolves” Because They Will Fly in “Packs”
U.S. Air Force

Air Force Names Its Newest Helicopters “Grey Wolves” Because They Will Fly in “Packs”

The name is also meant to reflect the helicopter's "ability to roam large distances" while guarding America's ballistic missile silos.

New Owner Of Stratolaunch And World’s Largest Plane To Refocus On Hypersonic Testing
Civil Aviation

New Owner Of Stratolaunch And World’s Largest Plane To Refocus On Hypersonic Testing

New ownership has led to a shift in focus at what the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen had first envisioned as a space launch company.

A Must Watch Behind The Scenes Look At How Top Gun 2’s Flying Sequences Were Shot
Hollywood

A Must Watch Behind The Scenes Look At How Top Gun 2’s Flying Sequences Were Shot

The production team on the film is making the case that nothing like this has been done before and may not be done ever again.

Air Force General Says His Planes Are Keeping An Eye Out For North Korea’s “Christmas Gift”
U.S. Air Force

Air Force General Says His Planes Are Keeping An Eye Out For North Korea’s “Christmas Gift”

The general said that he expects a North Korean test of a "long-range ballistic missile," such as an ICBM, in the coming weeks.

A Dozen Mystery Objects Suddenly Popped Out Of Hangars At Tonopah Test Range Airport
U.S. Homeland

A Dozen Mystery Objects Suddenly Popped Out Of Hangars At Tonopah Test Range Airport

The base is known to be the shadowy home of aircraft that move from a developmental state at Area 51 and into an operational, but still secretive one.

Turkey’s Deepening Intervention In The Libyan Civil War Point’s To Erdogan’s Grand Ambitions
Turkey

Turkey’s Deepening Intervention In The Libyan Civil War Point’s To Erdogan’s Grand Ambitions

Turkey's actions raise the possibility of a troop deployment to Libya and have also prompted a major maritime territorial dispute in the Mediterranean.

Global Strike Command Strikes Confusion With New Helicopter Nickname Teaser Tweet
U.S. Air Force

Global Strike Command Strikes Confusion With New Helicopter Nickname Teaser Tweet

The service will officially announce the moniker for the helicopters, which will help guard America's missile silos, at a ceremony later this week.

The Second Top Gun 2 Trailer Has Landed, Secret High-Speed Test Jet And All
Hollywood

The Second Top Gun 2 Trailer Has Landed, Secret High-Speed Test Jet And All

We get more gorgeous aerial footage and our first look at the high-speed test aircraft Maverick flies as a set piece in the film.

Check Out This Rare Footage Of Red Eagle MiGs At Tonopah Test Range Airport
Cold War

Check Out This Rare Footage Of Red Eagle MiGs At Tonopah Test Range Airport

The rare piece of footage is from the 1980s when the U.S. was flying MiGs against its own jets out of a remote and secretive air base in Nevada.

Bunker Talk: Let’s Chat About All The Stories We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week
Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Let’s Chat About All The Stories We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

We can talk about foggles, the Kuznetsov's curse, geopolitics, Navy Ospreys—you know, no big whoop.

Here’s Why An E-6B Doomsday Plane Was Flying Tight Circles Off The Jersey Shore Today
E-6

Here’s Why An E-6B Doomsday Plane Was Flying Tight Circles Off The Jersey Shore Today

Part of the E-6B's critical mission is to fly aerobatic-like maneuvers that allows them to send messages to ballistic missile submarines hiding below.