Raytheon found a way to double the F-35’s firepower

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is, without question, one of the most advanced combat aircraft ever to take to the sky. While most of the media coverage regarding the F-35 tends to focus on its stealth capabilities, the technology that makes the F-35 stand head and shoulders above its multi-role competition isn’t just skin-deep. By […]

10 badass facts about the Boeing (Rockwell) B-1B Lancer

Any fans of the dead sexy Rockwell (Boeing) B-1B Lancer out there? If you’ve ever wondered what makes the B-1 truly “bad to the bone”, here 10 facts that should illustrate why this airplane is so badass. Fact #1: The Bone carries the largest payload of both guided and unguided munitions in the entire United […]

Belgian F-16 goes down in France, pilot left hanging from high voltage wires

A Belgian Air Force F-16 reportedly crashed in western France on Thursday. Both crew members were able to eject, with the pilot‘s parachute ultimately snagging a high voltage power line and leaving him dangling over a residential area near Pluvigner in Brittany, France. The F-16 clipped the roof of a nearby house before ultimately crashing […]

A supersonic bomber with a hypersonic payload: How the B-1B can outrun retirement

America’s B-1B Lancer, sometimes called “The Bone,” is our nation’s only supersonic heavy payload bomber. With a top speed of around Mach 1.25, the bomber can keep pace with many fighters, and thanks to its swing-wing design, the massive aircraft can maneuver a bit like a fighter as well — at least, as much like […]

The US just dropped 80,000 lbs of ordnance on ISIS and then released a video of it

For nearly twenty years now, the United States has been embroiled in combat operations spanning multiple nations and against multiple opponents. These terror groups often hide in plain sight, infiltrating the local population and making it extremely difficult to identify and engage targets. As a result, counter-terror operations tend to have little in common with […]

This is the only 5th generation fighter statistic that actually matters

Last week, China released a video that showed seven of their fifth-generation J-20 stealth fighters flying in formation, suggesting to the world that China’s most advanced warplane may have finally moved into mass production. The stealth platform, which is believed to be based on stolen plans for America’s F-22 Raptor, has run into a number […]

Air Force A-10 accidentally fires rocket near Tucson during training mission

According to reports, an A-10 Thunderbolt II accidentally fired a rocket near the city of Tucson, Arizona during a training flight on Thursday morning. Air Force officials announced on Friday that an investigation into the incident is already underway. The venerable A-10 Thunderbolt II recently received a new lease on life in the form of […]

The Air Force thinks their planes are too old (and they’re right)

The United States Air Force is concerned that too many of the airplanes the U.S. relies on for defense are too old to be effective in modern battlefields and that the branch has been forced to devote too much of its funding to sustaining these dated platforms. The United States does boast the largest air […]