Watch: Video demonstrates the fine line between space tool and space weapon

With a more quickly growing number of nations and private ventures reaching orbit than ever before, one issue of significant concern for all parties involved is space junk. Orbital debris comes from a wide variety of sources. It could include discarded rocket components, bits of trash accidentally released by orbiting astronauts, or pieces of broken […]

The Pic of the Day: Thunderbolt and Lightning

An A-10C Thunderbolt II and P-38 Lightning fly in a Heritage Flight formation during the Planes of Fame Air Show practice over Chino, Calif., May 4, 2018. The A-10 Demonstration Team headlined the Planes of Fame Air Show, which highlighted the history of airpower and vintage aircraft.   U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman […]

Watch: New footage shows the agility of America’s Apache helicopters

Hardly a week goes by without some sort of exciting footage hitting the web of a fighter jet swooping in on a low pass or executing a flat spin which seems to defy physics. Still, videos from the other side of the aviation coin (helicopters) can sometimes seem fewer and further between. As a result, […]

China claims they’re able to track America’s F-22 Raptor on radar: Could it be true?

According to reports on Chinese state-owned media, a group of intercept fighters were scrambled from China’s East China Sea fleet to patrol a portion of China’s Air Defense Identification Zone that was apparently the site of unidentified aircraft reported by radar on February 10. Other fighters were equipped with missiles while China’s carrier-based helicopter brigade […]

The Pic of the Day: F-16s refuel en route to New Zealand

Capt. Jacob Impellizzeri, 14th Fighter Squadron F-16 pilot (left), and Maj. Richard Smeeding, 13th Fighter Squadron F-16 pilot (right), fly in formation behind a KC-135 Stratotanker over the Pacific Ocean en route to New Zealand for the Warbirds Over Wanaka (WOW) International Airshow 2018, March 28, 2018. U.S. forces are participating in WOW Airshow 2018 […]

Iron SEAL: How long will it be before we see Navy SEALs flying around in Iron Man suits?

Given the spectacular special effects on display in Marvel’s “Iron Man” movies and the Defense Department’s clever allusions to the popular hero throughout the development of programs like their TALOS armored exoskeleton, you could be forgiven for thinking mankind is on the cusp of fielding some real-life superheroes. Many media outlets have been happy to […]

The Pic of the Day: Fighters from the USS Abraham Lincoln

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 30, 2018) Aircraft from the Freedom Fighters of Carrier Air Wing 7 fly in formation over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as photos are taken from an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the Dusty Dogs of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 7.   U.S. Navy photo by Mass […]

Why the F-15X could be the F-35’s best friend in a near-peer air war

Ever since word first broke last summer that the U.S. Air Force was considering (at the Pentagon’s direction) the idea of adding a dozen or so new F-15s to their stable as part of their 2020 budget proposal, outlets have been clamoring to find ways to pit the new F-15X against America’s premier stealth fighter, […]