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At Heli-Expo 2017 Bell Helicopter put on display a mockup of their new concept FCX-001 rotorcraft. While not intended to ever be a production aircraft the purpose of the FCX-001 is to assist Bell in developing new technologies and how to deploy them. Watch the unveiling of the Bell FCX-001 in Dallas Texas During a pre-Heli-Expo […]

It is being reported by the Marine Corps that a ‘couple hundred’ Marines have moved into Syria from the 11 th Marine Expeditionary Unit and they have taken artillery with them. Moving within artillery range of Raqqa, the so called capital of the Islamic State the Marines will be positioned to take immediate action in support […]

The US Navy announced today it was relieving Commander Ryan Cech from his post as Commanding Officer of VP-47 which was based at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. Patrol Squadron 47 still flies the P-3 Orion aircraft but is transitioning to the Navy’s new P-8A Poseidon and as part of that transition will move […]

In a sharp move to counter recent missile launches by North Korea the US sent its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to South Korea on Monday evening. The North Koreans had just launched four ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan the day before. Watch the arrival of the THAAD missile system to […]

An A-29 Super Tucano turboprop aircraft crashed near Moody Air Force Base in Georgia on Monday. The pilots are from the 81st Fighter Squadron and the aircraft was reportedly to go to Afghanistan at some point in the future. Watch: A-29 Super Tucano Live Fire Exercise Both pilots were recovered and taken to Clinch Memorial Hospital […]

Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, Florida is the Birthplace of Naval Aviation. The air station was built in 1913 and is still in use today. It is home to the Navy’s Flight Demonstration Team Blue Angels, the Naval Aviation Museum, the Naval Education and Training Command (NETC), the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute (NAMI), and Training Air […]

It is not very often (if ever) you see special operation forces invade a US city but last May if you were in Tampa, Florida you might have seen it happening as part of the International Special Operations Forces Week. This is one video you must see! Operations began quietly enough, with a team impersonating opposition […]

This video of President Trump onboard Marine One landing on the desk of the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier to give a speech has a lot of interesting visuals to say the least. Definitely worth a watch for all military aviation fanatics. The video starts off showing a FOD walkdown on the flight deck, […]

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. James Hecker, 19th Air Force commander delivered the last new C-130J aircraft to the 314th Airlift Wing at Little Rock Air Force Base and presented a ceremonial key to Staff Sgt. Joshua Shields marking the occasion. This was the 14th and final C-130J model delivery and completes the 314th’s transition from […]

Enjoy the view from the cockpit of a U.S. Army CH-47F helicopter as it flies low over the desert and some mountainous areas in Djibouti, Africa last December. The Chinook is from the Army’s 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) which is stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The CH-47 Chinook is a twin engine, tandem rotor helicopter […]

The F-16 Fighting Falcon, in addition to being a premier air-to-air combat platform also performs a very important mission called SEAD or Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses. Also known as “Wild Weasel” the mission is to enter enemy airspace early and disrupt or destroy their air defenses. This allows the main strike package of aircraft […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) released a truly stunning high definition video of a spacewalk from the International Space Station. This a must watch as French astronaut Thomas Pesquet and NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough perform maintenance outside the space station during the spacewalk. In the background you get amazing glimpses of the Earth. The two astronauts […]