The Pic of the Day: Landing a Greyhound on a carrier

A U.S. Navy C-2A Greyhound, assigned to the ‘Rawhides’ of Fleet Logistic Support Squadron (VRC) 40, lands aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in the Mediterranean Sea Nov. 25, 2018. Currently operating in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations, Harry S. Truman will continue to foster cooperation with regional […]

Government projections say America’s next fighter could cost $300 million per plane — here’s why that’s misleading

The Congressional Budget Office released a new report recently that indicated that America’s forthcoming air-superiority fighter, currently known only as the Penetrating Counter Air (PCA) program, could cost as much as $300 million per air frame. As a result, headlines painting the program as yet another example of rampant and unchecked government spending have flooded […]

Watch: Ever wonder how they test ejection seats? With rocket trains, of course

Having to eject from an aircraft is never a good day — even when everything goes well. The human body just isn’t designed to withstand the sort of punishment a fighter pilot experiences when he or she makes the decision to ditch, but thanks to a great deal of research and experimentation, humanity has somehow […]

The Pic of the Day: F-22 Raptor taking a drink

An F-22 Raptor is refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker over the Nevada Test and Training Range during the U.S. Air Force Weapons School’s Deliberate Strike Night, June 16, 2016. The exercise is part of the final seven-day advanced integration portion of the school’s curriculum, testing stealth and conventional airframes’ abilities to conduct attacks during the […]

Watch: Aggressor A-4 runs for the hills as an F-22 hunts it down

No one would contend that the long dated A-4 Skyhawk is a reasonable match for America’s best air superiority fighter, the F-22 Raptor, but U.S. pilots need experience contending with a wide variety of opponent aircraft — including dated platforms like those employed by many national militaries. That sort of training is why the U.S. […]

Russian bombers in Venezuela aren’t as big a deal as some media outlets claim

Two of Russia’s long-range, nuclear capable Tu-160 bombers made the long trek to Venezuela over the past week, prompting an expected exchange of barbs from national diplomats and an utter misrepresentation of the situation from much of the global media. Russia’s Tupolev Tu-160 bombers bare a passing resemblance to America’s legendary B-1B Lancer, complete with […]

The Pic of the Day: C-130 fires flares over Romania

A C-130J Super Hercules from the 37th Airlift Squadron fires flares as it performs anti-aircraft fire tests during exercise Carpathian May 9, 2016, in Romania. The 37th AS, from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, began participating in off-station training deployments with Romania as early as 1996, allowing the Air Force to work with NATO allies to […]

Military contractor jet goes down during Hawaiian fighter exercises

A civilian contractor’s jet went down while participating in fighter exercises out of Oahu. A Mk-58 Hawker Hunter, operated by the Virginia-based Airborne Tactical Advantage Co., reportedly crashed shortly after taking off at approximately 2:25 p.m. local time Wednesday afternoon. #BREAKING: First video into our newsroom of the military plane crash in waters off Honolulu. […]

Watch: Reporter almost loses her head to a landing Russian Tu-160 bomber

Ever gotten a little too excited at work? Maybe you had a few too many hard ciders at the Christmas party and belted out a history-making rendition of “Pour Some Sugar on Me” with the Karaoke machine — sure, it was embarrassing, but at least you didn’t almost lose your head. The same can’t be […]