The Pic of the Day: The business end of an F-15

Col. David Brynteson, the 332nd Expeditionary Operations Group commander, checks the engines on an F-15E Strike Eagle, Jan. 27, 2016, in Southwest Asia. Brynteson was preparing to fly his last sortie in theater.   U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Eboni Reams

Watch: Ukrainian Su-25 comes in on the craziest low pass you might ever see

Yet another video of an incredibly dangerous low pass, this time in a Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot, has surfaced out of Ukraine, suggesting that the Ukraine’s Air Force may make a habit of conducting such death defying stunts. This footage shows a pair of Su-25s coming in low over what appears to be a military airfield. […]

America’s oldest bomber could become its most powerful ‘arsenal plane’

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber is far more than an iconic glimpse of military aviation dating all the way back to 1952 — in many ways the updated platform remains the premier bomber in the U.S. Arsenal. As the U.S. Air Force clears the way for the forthcoming B-21 Raider, the comparably newer B-2 Spirit […]

Check your tickets! Here are the 20 safest airlines in the world

An airline’s safety record may not be the deciding factor when a person books a flight with one carrier over another, but it’s definitely something that most travelers think about when they step on-board an aircraft. A new report from AirlineRatings.com has named to top 20 “safest” airlines in 2018. According to Business Insider, the […]

The Pic of the Day: F-22 participates in Heritage Flight

An F-22 Raptor performs a heritage flight during the 2017 Heritage Flight Training Course at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Feb. 9, 2017. The program was established in 1997, allowing certified civilian pilots and Air Force pilots to perform flights together.   U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kimberly Nagle

What do we do with our stealth aircraft after we’re through with them?

In 2008, the Pentagon sent the first operational stealth combat jet, the F-117A Nighthawk, out to pasture — or at least, sort of. The F-117 flew as an entirely classified program for years before ever being acknowledged by the U.S. Air Force as an operational program in the 1980s, allowing a generation of young Americans […]

Did Russia just put a new weapon in orbit? Mysterious launch prompts new concerns

On Friday, the U.S. Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC) tracked a scheduled Russian rocket launch from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Western Russia. The rocket was slated to deliver a payload of three new communications satellites, and as it roared into the sky, everything appeared to be going exactly as anticipated… but once the rocket reached […]

The Pic of the Day: Communicating with the A-10

Airman 1st Class Diante Cooper, a 19th Air Support Operations Squadron Tactical Air Control Party specialist, watches and communicates with an A-10C Thunderbolt II during a joint close air support exercise at Camp Grayling, Mich., April 13, 2017. To further build interoperability and hone their unique skillset, members of the German air force Air Ground […]