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Amazing picture! These guys clearly live life on the edge! Who knew you could have so much fun with a MC-130j! Watch: Air Force Special Ops Jump From MC-130 Featured image of Airmen and Soldiers jumping from an MC-130j Commado II during a training operation over Okinawa, Japan by Senior Airman John Linzmeier, US Air […]

The Navy reported that two of their Blue Angel F-18 aircraft made contact with each other in the skies over Pensacola Beach, Florida last week during a demonstration flight with the Air Force Thunderbirds. No one was hurt and both aircraft landed safely only suffering minor damage. The F-18s have been repaired and returned to […]

The US Army plans to keep the famed MH-6 ‘Little Bird’ helicopter in service until “Future Vertical Lift aircraft” become available.  The light helicopters are used for special operations in the US Army and rose to fame in the movie Blackhawk down where it was used to support operators who were trapped in the city […]

Take a look inside night operations with the F-22 Raptor at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida. Watch: An F-22 Raptor Refueling at Night. This is Very Cool! The F-22’s advanced software allows it to deliver precision air to ground weapons in day or night and all weather conditions. Did you know when the Raptor was […]

At the same time we hear the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will not be appearing at the Paris Air Show this summer it was also reported that there may be another 12 month delay and cost overruns in testing of the aircraft. The situation of the F-35 scheduled to be a no show at the […]

The Boeing made RQ-21A Blackjack drone was developed for the US Navy as a forward reconnaissance vehicle for the Marine Corps. Watch as the Marine Corps launch and recover a RQ-21A Blackjack from the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock USS San Diego. The RQ-21A Blackjack is an intelligence surveillance reconnaissance unmanned aircraft capable of […]

Back a couple years ago a teenage girl named Stephanie who just happened to have a Father who was an astronaut and who just happened to be on the Space Station decided she needed to let her Dad know just how much she missed him. So with a little help from some friends at a […]

This is fun a good watch! How many of you have ever seen a large jet aircraft taking off from a dry lake bed? And toss in an A-10 and a helicopter just for good measure! Established in 1943, Delamar landing strip on the dry lake bed also known as “Texas Lake” since it resembles […]

In another step on their quest of becoming a dominant military force China just launched their second aircraft carrier but the first they built entirely on their own. Launching the 50,000 ton ship is a major step in proving China’s advancing technology. Development of the new carrier began in 2013 and construction in late 2015. […]

The Vietnam War was highly controversial but for the military members who served in the conflict they deserve to be honored and remembered by a grateful nation for their sacrifices. Helicopters played a major role in Vietnam and now Congress has approved a monument to be displayed at Arlington National Cemetery to honor all who […]

This is reportedly actual video footage of the blast area in Afghanistan from the Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb dropped by the US recently. If you recall the US military targeted  ISIS tunnels and caves with the 30 foot long bomb that weighs over 21,000 pounds. The Massive Ordnance Air Burst weapon often called “MOAB” […]

After an 11 hour flight from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona an elite team of Air Force para-rescue personnel jumped into the Pacific Ocean to rescue injured Chinese sailors after their fishing vessel burned and sank. Eleven sailors—two critically injured—were picked up by a Venezuelan fishing boat about 1,100 nautical miles off the coast […]