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This Quad Minigun-Armed WWII Turret Spewing Rounds Is Metal As Hell
Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA)

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

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 26, 2022

B-58 Hustler
Military Aviation History

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

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 21, 2022

Swarmed Navy Destroyer Had Its Bridge Illuminated By Mysterious Drones
U.S. Navy

Swarmed Navy Destroyer Had Its Bridge Illuminated By Mysterious Drones

By Joseph Trevithick, Adam Kehoe and Marc Cecotti

Posted on Oct 14, 2022

How Fighter Jet Pilots Could Stop Worrying And Learn To Love The Drone
U.S. Air Force

How Fighter Jet Pilots Could Stop Worrying And Learn To Love The Drone

By Howard Altman

Posted on Oct 7, 2022

Thermal Radar China Carrier
China

This Spinning Camera On China’s Aircraft Carrier Is A Key Defense System

By Emma Helfrich, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 30, 2022

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Harrier

The Truth About The Harrier’s Unique ‘VIFF-ing’ Dogfight Maneuver

By Commander Paul Tremelling RN (Rtd)

Posted on Sep 28, 2022

F/A-18 Super Hornet toilet
U.S. Navy

Here’s Why A Toilet Is Hanging On A Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet’s Wing

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 18, 2022

Vermont ANG F-16
U.S. Homeland

Stories From The Eyes In The Sky On 9/11

By Chris Croot

Posted on Sep 11, 2022

Air traffic controller 9/11
U.S. Homeland

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

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Sep 11, 2022

EC135 Looking Glass revolver

Why An Officer On EC-135C Doomsday Planes Packed A Revolver

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 1, 2022

Il62 landing in germany
Germany

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

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Aug 19, 2022

Top Gun Maverick
Hollywood

What Top Gun 2 Got Right And Wrong About Navy Fighter Culture

By Joe “Smokin” Ruzicka

Posted on Aug 15, 2022

Nellis AFB Is The Epicenter Of The USAF’s Future
U.S. Air Force

Nellis AFB Is The Epicenter Of The USAF’s Future

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Aug 8, 2022

B-58 Hustler
U.S. Navy

The Time A Navy Sub Hunter Found A Lost B-58 Hustler In Great Salt Lake

By Kevin Noonan

Posted on Jul 28, 2022

Long John Silver in the film Treasure Island
Americas

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
People

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

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jul 22, 2022

ROBIN OLDS
Royal Air Force

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

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 14, 2022

top-gun-maverick formation super Hornet
U.S. Navy

This Is The Navy Weaponry That Top Gun 2’s Box Office Haul Could Buy

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 9, 2022

SLATE pod live virtual constructive
Fighters

Blending Live Enemies With Virtual Ones Is Transforming The Way Fighter Pilots Train

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Jun 29, 2022

Hatsuyuki class
Japan

This Shot Of 11 Japanese Hatsuyuki-Class Destroyers Is Damn Impressive

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jun 17, 2022

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

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

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 14, 2022

Haibatullah Aliza
People

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

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 9, 2022

Mi-8 Mariupol Rescue
Russia

Low, Fast And Dangerous: A Firsthand Account Of Ukraine’s Secret Helicopter Rescue Missions

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 7, 2022

Embraer Carrier Top Gun Maverick
Civil Aviation

I Bet You’ve Never Seen A Private Jet Fly An Approach To An Aircraft Carrier Before

By Oliver Parken, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 7, 2022

Artwork depicting the Darkstar stealthy hypersonic aircraft, a fictious design that Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works created for the movie Top Gun: Maverick.
Hollywood

Skunk Works On How They Brought Top Gun: Maverick’s Darkstar To Life

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 3, 2022

The Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11), homeported at Naval Station Mayport, Jacksonville, Fla., arrives at the Marathi NATO Pier Complex in Souda Bay, Greece, to undergo scheduled preventative maintenance in May 2022..
U.S. Navy

Navy Finally Sends Littoral Combat Ship To Middle East

By Howard Altman, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 31, 2022

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U.S. Navy

Remembering The Navy’s Doomed Aircraft-Carrying Airships

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 27, 2022

Navy Nearly Got A Single-Seat A-6 Intruder Instead Of The A-7 Corsair II
U.S. Navy

Navy Nearly Got A Single-Seat A-6 Intruder Instead Of The A-7 Corsair II

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on May 9, 2022

F-14 Tomcat lost air show demonstration tapes
F-14

Behold The Lost F-14 Tomcat Demo Tapes

By Joe “Smokin” Ruzicka

Posted on May 6, 2022

USAF Simulator Train B52 KC135 Fairchild2
B-52

The B-52 Flight Simulator Trains Of The Cold War

By Emma Helfrich

Updated on Apr 29, 2022

Uss Oklahoma City Vietnam
Vietnam War

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

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 22, 2022

A-12 Blackbird canards
SR-71

SR-71 Blackbird’s Predecessor Looked Even Cooler With Canards

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 22, 2022

This Is What It Takes For An MV-22 To Fly Halfway Across The Pacific
MV-22

This Is What It Takes For An MV-22 To Fly Halfway Across The Pacific

By Dan Parsons

Posted on Apr 18, 2022

View of USAF B-52 Stratofortress Bomber in Flight
B-52

A Look Back At All The B-52 Variants As The Iconic Bomber Hits 70

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 16, 2022

Carolyn Chouest Special Operations Ship NR1
U.S. Homeland

This Is The Shadowy Special Operations Mothership You’ve Never Heard Of

By Howard Altman, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 14, 2022

Ukrainian MiG-29 Pilot’s Front-Line Account Of The Air War Against Russia
Ukraine

Ukrainian MiG-29 Pilot’s Front-Line Account Of The Air War Against Russia

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Apr 2, 2022

Watch This B-52 ‘Crabwalk’ Down The Runway In A Heavy Crosswind Like Only It Can
B-52

Watch This B-52 ‘Crabwalk’ Down The Runway In A Heavy Crosswind Like Only It Can

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 22, 2022

Bondo Gave The Secret Tacit Blue Demonstrator Jet Its Smooth Stealthy Skin
Wide Area Aerial Surveillance

Bondo Gave The Secret Tacit Blue Demonstrator Jet Its Smooth Stealthy Skin

By Brett Tingley and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 21, 2022

The Extraordinary Story Of The Last Fighter Mission Over Afghanistan
Afghanistan

The Extraordinary Story Of The Last Fighter Mission Over Afghanistan

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Feb 17, 2022

Inside The World’s Only Privately Owned F-16s That Are Flying As Advanced Aggressors
F-16

Inside The World’s Only Privately Owned F-16s That Are Flying As Advanced Aggressors

By James Deboer

Updated on Feb 10, 2022

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

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

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Feb 4, 2022

Why Fighter Pilots Work Intensely For Eight Hours Just To Fly For 30 Minutes
U.S. Air Force

Why Fighter Pilots Work Intensely For Eight Hours Just To Fly For 30 Minutes

By Colin 'Farva' Price

Updated on Feb 1, 2022

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

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

NASA Once Built This Armored HAZMAT Response Vehicle That Was Loaded With Futuristic Features
NASA

NASA Once Built This Armored HAZMAT Response Vehicle That Was Loaded With Futuristic Features

By Brett Tingley

Posted on Jan 22, 2022

Russia’s Su-34 Fullback Strike Jet Is The King Of Hauling Gas
Russia

Russia’s Su-34 Fullback Strike Jet Is The King Of Hauling Gas

By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 10, 2022

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

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

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jan 6, 2022

Watch These Russian Su-30 Fighter Jets Fire Eight Air-To-Air Missiles Simultaneously
Russia

Watch These Russian Su-30 Fighter Jets Fire Eight Air-To-Air Missiles Simultaneously

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 4, 2022

Watch This C-130 Run For Its Life At Low Level From A Mock Enemy Missile Crew
C-130

Watch This C-130 Run For Its Life At Low Level From A Mock Enemy Missile Crew

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 31, 2021

Behold The Naked Warplanes Of Tinker Air Force Base
KC-130

Behold The Naked Warplanes Of Tinker Air Force Base

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 30, 2021

The F-117 Tested A Mirror-Like Skin Decades Before The F-22 Did
F-22

The F-117 Tested A Mirror-Like Skin Decades Before The F-22 Did

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 23, 2021

Ukraine Once Had The World’s Largest Tu-160 Blackjack Bomber Fleet
Ukraine

Ukraine Once Had The World’s Largest Tu-160 Blackjack Bomber Fleet

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Dec 17, 2021

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

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
Naval History

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

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Dec 8, 2021

An S-3 Viking Once Flew A Captured Terrorist On A Record-Breaking Flight To The United States
S-3

An S-3 Viking Once Flew A Captured Terrorist On A Record-Breaking Flight To The United States

By Kevin Noonan

Posted on Dec 2, 2021

Watch A P-3 Submarine Hunter’s Sonobuoy Dramatically Transform Once In The Water
P-3

Watch A P-3 Submarine Hunter’s Sonobuoy Dramatically Transform Once In The Water

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Nov 27, 2021

Top Gun: Maverick’s Massive Support From The U.S. Military Is Laid Out In These Documents
U.S. Navy

Top Gun: Maverick’s Massive Support From The U.S. Military Is Laid Out In These Documents

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Nov 17, 2021

Confessions Of A B-52 Stratofortress Maintainer
Confessions Of Series

Confessions Of A B-52 Stratofortress Maintainer

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Nov 17, 2021

Check Out This Trio Of Special Operations Combatant Craft Tearing Across San Diego Bay
U.S. Homeland

Check Out This Trio Of Special Operations Combatant Craft Tearing Across San Diego Bay

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Nov 13, 2021

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

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

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

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

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 9, 2021

The Navy Isn’t Prepared To Face The Growing Diesel Submarine Threat
Diesel-Electric Submarines

The Navy Isn’t Prepared To Face The Growing Diesel Submarine Threat

By Kevin Noonan

Updated on Nov 3, 2021

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

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
OV-10

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
U.S. Navy

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

By Juan Rivera

Updated on Oct 22, 2021