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Although antiquated for some tasks, revolvers still have some tactical advantages, but GIGN also uses them in risky 'trust shot' rites of passage.

The Shuttle Program wouldn't have been possible without these magnificent flying beasts of burden.

Russia's specially equipped Tu-154M Open Skies aircraft is doing a grand tour of America's most sensitive military installations out west.

These "little buddies" not only protect the jet, but they can be used creatively to goad the enemy into showing itself and dying as a result.

The concept would have given the service a penetrating high-speed strike asset, something it is still interested in to this day.

The sci-fi-esque bunkers were scattered across North America and sat ready to fend off nuclear-armed Russian bombers.

Trump has already offered up an account of his trip including what sounds like a very tense approach to the Iraqi air base.

The seldom talked about and almost never photographed National Military Command Center sits deep below the Pentagon and serves as its nerve center.

The obscure incident is a reminder that Air Force One was and still is very much a military machine with crews prepared for anything.

At the dawn of the stealth revolution, the Army was already working to turn its new Black Hawk helicopter into a stealth special operations platform.

A labyrinth of programs and initiatives spanning nearly four decades was born out of a disastrous attempt to rescue U.S. hostages in Tehran.

Big claims abound about mysterious objects submariners detect below the waves, so we went straight to the source and what we found out was surprising.

The vehicle had a low-slung tactical profile and some interesting features, but it was incredibly underpowered considering it was a Lambo.

For more than a decade, the unit flew enemy aircraft against America's best fighters from a secretive and desolate base near Tonopah, Nevada.

The Navy now has a much-improved, remote-controlled submarine target for testing anti-submarine warfare capabilities.

The only Project 661 boat ever made was extremely fast underwater, but was also costly and complex to build and operate.

Long before removing F-16 pilot Zoe Kotnik from her post, Colonel O'Malley faced his own controversy and he's finally ready to talk about it publicly.

The exotic capability may have been a countermeasure intended to blind American early warning satellites from detecting a first strike launch.

The little A-4 was designed to deliver one hell of a big blast and the need to keep its pilots safe while doing so resulted in this contraption.

We discuss aggressor paint schemes, social media, what it's like leading such a big outfit, and what's new at Nellis with General Robert Novotny.