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For a pilot knowing your emergency procedures are critical to your survival in a crisis. You can’t just think you know your EP’s (emergency procedures). They have to be memorized so that you just react and not have to think about what you need to do while at the same time pulling out your checklist. […]

The USS Carl Vinson CVN 70 Strike Group including Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 arrived in the Republic of Korea for scheduled maneuvers with the South Korean military last week. The aircraft carrier had just come from two weeks of routine operations in the South China Sea. Watch Below a Video From North Korea Depicting […]

President Trump is shaking things up with his first budget proposal. Included is one of the largest increases in military spending in decades plus many large cuts to other departments and programs. One interesting proposal for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is shifting the Air Traffic Control section of the FAA “to an independent, non-governmental organization.” […]

Boeing is working through a series of ‘drop tests’ for the parachute system on the Starliner spacecraft which makes for some spectacular video! During the test, the Starliner was lifted about 40,000 feet in the air, the flying altitude of a typical commercial airline flight, by a Near Space Corp. helium balloon and then released […]

United Launch Alliance set the night sky on fire when their Delta IV rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The rocket was carrying the Air Force’s ninth Wideband Global SATCOM satellite. Watch and Enjoy the show! Featured image of United Launch Alliance’s Nighttime Delta IV Launch by Space.com

The Air Force recently made sure Congress knows that 100 is the minimum number of  B-21 Raider bombers they feel is required. Air Force Vice Chief of Staff, General Stephen Wilson presented written testimony to the House Armed Services Committee last week clarifying the number at 100. Watch the Official Announcement of the ‘Raider’ Name […]

This is a very rare event in many ways. A twin engine Saab 340 with 16 passengers and three aircrew landed safely after one of the aircraft’s propellers literally fell off in flight just outside of Sydney, Australia. Miraculously, when the propeller came off it totally missed hitting anything on the wing or tail section […]

The Syrian Army says they shot down an Israeli jet that was attacking military targets near Palmyra inside Syrian territory. The Israeli government has confirmed they did send aircraft into Syria to attack targets but said that all of their airplanes returned safely to Israel. The Syrian army high command said the jet was struck […]

North Korea is highly upset with the United States and South Korea for “escalating nuclear attack threats” with a “fleet” of B-1 Lancer bombers and the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson participating in military drills in South Korea. Love the fist pumps at the end of the video! North Korea’s official news agency, KCNA, said a […]

A US Air Force U-28 aircraft crashed on a training flight in New Mexico on Tuesday killing three special operations personnel. The U-28 is a single engine turboprop and was assigned to the 318th Special Operations Squadron. Today the Air Force released the names of the three heroes that were lost in the accident. Capt. Andrew […]

Ok, more drone stuff. Sorry if you are all ‘droned out’ but some amazing things are taking place in the industry that are worth you keeping up with. Did you know racing drones can go 100 miles per hour? Did you even know they race drones? Well, they do and apparently it is becoming very […]

Drones seems to be everywhere and doing everything lately and that is no exception with the US Air Force. Earlier this month the Air Force’s 412th Test Wing’s Emerging Technologies Combined Test Force flew a quadcopter around and over a C-17 Globemaster as part of a post flight inspection. The quadcopter was equipped with a camera and […]