Air Force Wants New Engines for B-52’s But Has No Money Budgeted

It is estimated that the 70 B-52 Stratofortress bombers in service may fly another 20 to 30 years or more. The Pentagon has been looking at proposals for new B-52 engines for years but has never actually added them to the budget. Vice Chief of Staff General Stephen Wilson said Tuesday that it “makes great […]

Latest F-35 Purchase Drops Below $100 Million Per Aircraft for the First Time

The Pentagon announced that the latest lot purchase of 90 F-35 fighter jets dropped to below $95 million per aircraft. This is the lowest per unit price for the stealth fighter yet and was a savings of $728 million compared to the last batch of F-35s purchased. This news came after President Trump announced that […]

Uber Hires NASA Engineer Mark Moore for Flying Car Project!

Uber has announced the hiring of Mark Moore, a NASA engineer to develop their flying car idea. The project is called Uber Elevate and they predict it will be flying by 2026 although Mark Moore suggests that it may be even sooner. Uber may not be planning to build the aircraft themselves though but instead to […]

Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation – Bringing History to Life!

The Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation (AFHFF) is a non-profit organization that exists to demonstrate to the general public the rich heritage of military aviation. They help celebrate US military aviation by performing 40-60 ‘heritage’ flights each year at air shows, open houses, parades, funerals and sporting events around the world. AFHFF describes a ‘Heritage […]

$1.5 Million Army Shadow Drone Goes MIA in Arizona!

The US Army has lost contact with one of its Shadow drones last Tuesday in Arizona. The 450 pound drone has a wingspan of 20 feet and can fly for eight to nine hours without refueling. The Army’s 14th Brigade Engineer Battalion from Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state reported losing contact with the drone during a […]

Watch: Get High With the F-16 Viper Demonstration Team

Not much needs to be said here…just watch and enjoy the ride with the F-16 Viper Demonstration Team! Planes of Fame Air Show fans, the F-16 Viper Demo Team has arrived at Chino, California! The Air Combat Command F-16 Viper Demonstration Team at Shaw AFB, S.C., performs precision aerial maneuvers to demonstrate the unique capabilities […]

Watch: Pitching Deck! Waves Over the Bow of the USS Kitty Hawk!

Watch below as the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) aircraft carrier takes on very rough seas with waves said to be up to 90 feet tall. Whatever these waves actually measure out at seems to be a mute point though as it is very spectacular to see this giant ship tossed around by the ocean. The […]

Watch: Near Miss at Barcelona Airport

Near misses are nothing new in aviation but with modern technology we get to see video of events like never before. Do you ever look out the window when flying commercial and crossing a runway? Maybe you should! Or maybe not. Wonder what the conversation in the control tower was like after this? Featured image […]

F-35’s $400k Helmet – Is the ‘Green Glow’ Blinding Pilots?

Have you ever heard of a helmet that costs $400,000? Well, for the most expensive aircraft program in the world (the F-35) it would make sense that it also comes with the most expensive fighter pilot helmet ever. Watch What the F-35 Helmet Can Do Apparently, the $400,000 helmet, while being very cool is also […]

Watch: Piloting a MQ-1 Predator Drone

How many of you would love to pilot a Predator drone? Well, watching this video may be the next best thing. Watch below as Airmen from the 119th Wing, North Dakota Air National Guard remotely pilot MQ-1 predator drones at Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota. The MQ-1 Predator remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) […]

Watch: F-22 Raptors Refueling from KC-135 with Comms

Enjoy watching and listening as F-22 Raptors aerial refuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker. Video footage was taken during Vigilant Shield 2017 Field Training Exercise October, 2016. The Raptors were from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and the KC-135 Stratotanker was flown by the 92nd Aerial Refueling Squadron from Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. Vigilant Shield 17 (VS17) […]

Watch: Crazy Crosswind Landings and Takeoffs

Airplanes are supposed to land into the wind. Of course, wind direction can vary so airports align their runways in directions based on historical wind directions for that location. Sometimes the winds don’t cooperate. A crosswind condition exists when the winds are not parallel to or directly with/against the line of travel. All aircraft have […]