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USAF F-35A Ends Up Nose Down On The Tarmac At Eglin AFB After Inflight Emergency
F-35

USAF F-35A Ends Up Nose Down On The Tarmac At Eglin AFB After Inflight Emergency

The exact cause of the mishap and the extent of the damage to the stealth fighter jet aren't clear yet.

The Air Force Says It Might Only Buy 20 Light Attack Aircraft In The End
U.S. Air Force

The Air Force Says It Might Only Buy 20 Light Attack Aircraft In The End

Despite public perceptions, the service continues to emphasize that the program is focused on helping foreign air forces.

Foreign F-35 Users Spend Millions To Stop Jet’s Computer From Sharing Their Secrets
F-35

Foreign F-35 Users Spend Millions To Stop Jet’s Computer From Sharing Their Secrets

Operators will now be able to block the F-35's systems from sending data back to the United States, but other security concerns may remain.

Russia Is Hunting For Its Crashed Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile And The U.S. Might Be Too
Russia

Russia Is Hunting For Its Crashed Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile And The U.S. Might Be Too

Recovering the wreck could give the Kremlin additional information to inform future tests and would keep the design out of foreign hands.

This Video Makes Test Dropping A B61 Nuclear Bomb Look Like An Elegant Dance
B61

This Video Makes Test Dropping A B61 Nuclear Bomb Look Like An Elegant Dance

Tonopah Test Range is supporting an American nuclear weapons renaissance of sorts after six decades of making strategic deterrent dreams come true.

U.S. Helicopter Crash Kills One In Iraq After Reported Special Operations Raid
Iraq

U.S. Helicopter Crash Kills One In Iraq After Reported Special Operations Raid

This is the second fatal aviation accident American forces have suffered in Iraq in 2018 and is part of a concerning trend across the U.S. military.

NASA Puts Its F/A-18s and F-15s To Work To Help Solve Pilot Oxygen Deprivation Mystery
NASA

NASA Puts Its F/A-18s and F-15s To Work To Help Solve Pilot Oxygen Deprivation Mystery

The organization's aviators are gathering baseline physiological and cockpit environment data to help figure out what's choking military fliers.

Exploding Engine Caused Aussie EA-18G Growler Crash At Nellis AFB Last January
Australia

Exploding Engine Caused Aussie EA-18G Growler Crash At Nellis AFB Last January

The engine detonated, sending shards tearing through the aircraft and we don't know if similar incidents could occur with U.S. Navy jets.

Meet Stratolaunch’s Family Of Space Launch Vehicles For Its Huge ‘Roc’ Mothership
Launch Vehicles

Meet Stratolaunch’s Family Of Space Launch Vehicles For Its Huge ‘Roc’ Mothership

With space now all the rage within the U.S. military, Paul Allen's firm has laid out a whole menu of possible options for getting payloads into orbit.

Watch This Ukrainian SA-11 ‘Buk’ SAM System Intercept A Storefront In Kiev
Ukraine

Watch This Ukrainian SA-11 ‘Buk’ SAM System Intercept A Storefront In Kiev

The radar and missile packing armored vehicle careened off course and into a building during a practice run for an Independence Day parade.

China’s Dismantling Of CIA Spy Ring Highlights Growing Dystopian-Like Surveillance State
China

China’s Dismantling Of CIA Spy Ring Highlights Growing Dystopian-Like Surveillance State

The country's omnipresent cameras, facial-recognition systems, surveillance drones, and more would be at home in a dark future sci-fi flick.

Qatari Royal Flight 747-8I Jumbo Jet Is Up For Sale And Yes There Are Interior Photos!
Middle East

Qatari Royal Flight 747-8I Jumbo Jet Is Up For Sale And Yes There Are Interior Photos!

You may be able to get a bargain on the largest and most expensive private jet in the world.

Where Were The Fiscal Hawks When The Navy Threw Itself The Mother Of All Flying Parades?
U.S. Navy

Where Were The Fiscal Hawks When The Navy Threw Itself The Mother Of All Flying Parades?

Trump's military parade may not be such a great idea for a number of reasons but it's not exactly getting fair treatment either.

US Air Force T-38 Talon Jet Trainer Crashed Into A Field In Oklahoma
T-38

US Air Force T-38 Talon Jet Trainer Crashed Into A Field In Oklahoma

This is the latest in a series of US military aircraft mishaps that have occurred in 2018 and it's the third T-38 to crash in less than a year.

Turkmenistan’s Trike-Riding President Can’t Miss In This Horribly Awesome Propaganda Video
Armies

Turkmenistan’s Trike-Riding President Can’t Miss In This Horribly Awesome Propaganda Video

The authoritarian leader "shows" his keen marksmanship to the canned applause of his country's troops and police.

Refurbished TacAir Aggressor F-5 Photographed Over St. Augustine, Florida
U.S. Homeland

Refurbished TacAir Aggressor F-5 Photographed Over St. Augustine, Florida

This is the first shot we know of showing one of TacAir's splinter-schemed F-5s in the air.

Australia’s Exercise Pitch Black Saw MV-22 Ospreys Escorted By Light Air Support Planes
Australia

Australia’s Exercise Pitch Black Saw MV-22 Ospreys Escorted By Light Air Support Planes

The pairing of No. 4 Squadron's PC-9s and USMC MV-22s could be a glimpse of what's to come for the tilt-rotor community.

Russia Has Four Potential “Killer Satellites” In Orbit, At Least That We Know About
Russia

Russia Has Four Potential “Killer Satellites” In Orbit, At Least That We Know About

The threat these so-called "space apparatus inspectors" pose is an example of what conflict in space might look like in the future.

Navy Details Plans For Carrier Onboard Delivery CMV-22 Osprey Squadrons As Tests Continue
U.S. Navy

Navy Details Plans For Carrier Onboard Delivery CMV-22 Osprey Squadrons As Tests Continue

The service recently demonstrated how rolling landings and takeoffs could allow the tilt-rotors to carry extra cargo to and from carrier decks.

The U.S. Navy Has A Critically Important Submarine Test Base Tucked Away In Alaska
U.S. Navy

The U.S. Navy Has A Critically Important Submarine Test Base Tucked Away In Alaska

Not since the Cold War has underwater stealth tech been so important and a remote test site in Alaska makes sure U.S. Navy subs remain invisible.