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Ever wonder what your pilots are talking about during your flight?

We all fly commercial thinking everything is fine. No worries because there are professional pilo...

Entertainment Nov 22

Here are 9 of the most haunting aviation mysteries to get you through your day

Ever since flying machines began taking to the skies there have been instances of an airship or a...

Expert Analysis Nov 16

A pilot’s precision timepiece: The MTM Air Stryk II

Precision “The precision of a measurement system, related to reproducibility and repeatabil...

Gear Nov 15

F-14 Tomcat Tales: In the Break at NAS Key West

From Reggie: Some tales you just shouldn’t tell your mother about, especially if you are a pilo...

Expert Analysis Oct 22

F-105 “Thud” mechanic recalls Vietnam days

An F-105 Thunderchief avionics technician remembers writes what it was like to work on the jet an...

Air Force Oct 21

Watch: Awesome slow motion low transition by Blue Angels

“Not a bad start to the day !” That’s what Blue Angels Lead Solo Ryan Chamberla...

Navy Sep 09

How Do You Intercept an SU-24? Hockey Stop a Tomcat

Get into the cockpit with CDR Reggie Hammond when he intercepts a Russian SU-24 Fencer near the c...

Aviation Sep 05

New Black Hawk Down war movie offers a fresh perspective on the battle

A new documentary/war movie about Operation Gothic Serpent, also known as the Black Hawk Down inc...

Aviation Apr 04

All US Air Force B-1B Lancers grounded due to ejection seat defect

The entire U.S. fleet of B-1B Lancer bombers has been grounded by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) after...

Aviation Apr 01

Rest Easy: Ranger assigned to secretive reconnaissance unit dies in free-fall accident

A Ranger serving with the secretive Ranger Reconnaissance Company (RRC) died in a free-fall parac...

Aviation Mar 23

The Pic of the Day: A B-2 with a view

A B-2 Spirit bomber, deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., is prepared for a training missi...

Aviation Mar 23

The Pic of the Day: F-35 takes off from Nellis Air Force Base

An F-35A Lightning II takes off at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Feb. 1, 2019. Pilots and maintaine...

Aviation Mar 22

The Pic of the Day: The massive size of the vertical stabilizer on a B-52H Stratofortress

Airmen assigned to the 5th Maintenance Squadron lower the vertical stabilizer on a B-52H Stratofo...

Aviation Mar 21

End of an era: Pentagon to stop purchasing CH-47F Chinooks

In a small corner of the humongous 2020 U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) budget, among numerous p...

Aviation Mar 20

The Pic of the Day: Giants in the mist

An Airman walks past multiple C-17 Globemaster IIIs at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Feb. 21, 2019...

Aviation Mar 20

The Pic of the Day: American Bone flying with a Qatari Mirage 2000

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber and a Qatari Mirage 2000 fly in formation, Feb. 19, 2019. The...

Aviation Mar 19

Political leaders propose the adoption of a shared European Union aircraft carrier

In an unanticipated development, Germany has proposed that the European Union (EU) adopt a shared...

Aviation Mar 18

The Pic of the Day: F-35 carries a ‘third day of war’ loadout

PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 3, 2019) An F-35B Lightning II attached to the F-35B detachment of the ̶...

Aviation Mar 18

The Pic of the Day: Blue Angel on a low pass

EL CENTRO, Calif. (Feb. 2, 2019) Opposing solo pilot Lt. Cmdr. Andre Webb, assigned to the U.S. N...

Aviation Mar 17

The Pic of the Day: F-35s over Florida

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (Feb. 1, 2019) Three F-35C Lightning II, attached to Commander, Joint ...

Aviation Mar 16

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