Category: Aviation

A US Navy SEAL was killed today when his parachute malfunctioned. The SEAL was a member of the Navy’s elite parachute team called the Leap Frogs. It is being reported he cut loose of his chute and came down in the Hudson river. Fleet Week parachute accident. https://t.co/Wk5K1w8j0A parachutist cut away, landed in water, & […]

Captivating photo of  a F-22 Raptor pilot climbing into the cockpit of this amazing 5th generation fighter aircraft getting ready to take off from Ämari Air Base, Estonia. Now a NATO member, Estonia was once part of the infamous Warsaw Pact from 1955–1991 during the height of the Soviet Union’s power. The air base used to host […]

Much has changed in the 30 plus years since Top Gun the movie came out in 1986 but the real Top Gun school still focuses on making Navy fighter pilots the best in the business! Watch: Tom Cruise Talk About How He Got Sick in His First F-14 Ride Did Tom not realize “Bozo” did […]

For the first time in history the U-2 spy plane participated in exercise Northern Edge 17. Northern Edge is a joint exercise held in Alaska at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson with approximately 6000 military service members and 200 aircraft. The two-week exercise was utilized by the 9th Reconnaissance Wing to test new experimental technology on the U-2. […]

Discussion of the Air Force retiring the famed U-2 spy plane took a change in direction when the 2018 fiscal year budget did not have a retirement date for the aircraft. “There is not a retirement date for the U-2 in this budget,” Maj. Gen. James Martin, the Air Force’s deputy assistant secretary for budget, […]

Is the Bell V-280 Valor the future choice of the of US military instead of traditional helicopters? At twice the speed and twice the range, Bell Helicopter is pitching their new V-280 Valor to US military services. Bell Helicopter’s newest tilt-rotor is almost ready for its first flight. The company said it expects the V-280 Valor prototype […]

The US Army’s Special Operations Aviation Command (ARSOAC) had a statue to honor the men and women of the unit unveiled at Ft. Bragg on Tuesday. The command wanted the statue to be dramatic and unique, rather than the basic helicopter monument or a stone obelisk, they wanted something special. Like the troops in the […]

In case you forgot, Armed Forces Day was on last Saturday May 20, 2017. Hope you were able to thank our military members for their service. And if you missed the opportunity to do so then you can still do it today! In reality everyday should be Armed Forces Day. If you have a story […]

The Washington Post is claiming that the Pentagon has create a huge slush fund by overcharging the different services for the fuel they purchase. The report claims that $6 billion has been overcharged in the last seven years and these ‘funds’ are being used for a variety of things including to fund Syrian rebels and […]

Watch and enjoy the action as A-10 Thunderbolts from the 124th Fighter Wing and F-15 Strike Eagles from the 366th Fighter Wing at Mountain Home Air Force Base take out unmanned moving targets at the Saylor Creek Training Range in Idaho. Saylor Creek is a 110,000-acre bombing and training range in southern Idaho. It is associated […]

The military is making increasing uses of drones and robotics and the latest from AeroVironment is taking the small scale to the next level. The company’s “Snipe Nano Quad is tiny, about the size of a cell phone and weighs less than half of a pound. But it makes up for it with what it […]

Still just as inspiring as when it was first released in 2011 to commemorate the Centennial of Naval Aviation, FLY NAVY remains a historic freeze frame of America’s men and women flying all over the globe in service of our country. Get the book here! For over two years, photographer Erik Hildebrandt rode along on […]