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Air Force & Navy Needs More Bombs (Watch Navy Load Bombs by Hand)

With the air war against ISIS in full swing these days it appears the Air Force and Navy as well as other allied forces are running short of bombs. It View More ›

Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey May Take New Role With Futuristic Weapons

Leave it to the Marines to always want more firepower. Word is that the Marine Corps is considering arming the MV-22 Osprey with new ‘toys’ which may include futuristic laser View More ›

Honors for Lt Col Craig Andrle F-16 Pilot Logs 1000 Combat Flight Hours

There are many heroes out there that you have never heard of. Lt Col Craig Andrle, Air Force F-16 fighter pilot is one of those heroes. Lt Col Andrle just joined View More ›

Watch: F-35 Pilot Discusses Aircraft Performance at Red Flag 2017

The F-35 and how it compares to other US jet aircraft like the F-16, F-15, F-18 and F-22 is a hot topic in military aviation circles these days. Watch the View More ›

Air Force Getting Creative in Attempt to Deal With 1500+ Pilot Shortage

Did you know the Air Force has a shortage of over 1500 pilots? The problem is not recruiting new pilots into the service but losing experienced aviators who leave for View More ›

Day of the Machines Has Arrived! Connecticut Considers Bill to Allow Police to Use Weaponized Drones

Does the headline of this story scare you? Not to worry says Connecticut Republican lawmaker, state Senator John Kissel, the co-chairman of the Judiciary Committee, stating, “Obviously this is for very View More ›

Watch: SpaceX Sets a New Record! 1st Time Ever Reuses a Rocket for Space Launch!

It seems like every week there is some new event taking place in commercial space exploration. For the first time SpaceX reused a rocket that it had previously flown a View More ›

Photo of the Day: CO of USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) Painting Ships Anchor Gold

Its not often you get to see the Commanding Officer of a US aircraft carrier painting the ships anchor gold. Well, actually you probably have never seen this before so View More ›

US Air Force F-16’s Participate in Exercise Iniohos 17 at Andravida Air Base, Greece

The 482nd Fighter Wing from Homestead Air Reserve Base in Florida sent 12 F-16C Falcons and Airmen to partake in Exercise Iniohos 17 based out of Andravida Air Base, Greece. This View More ›

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Space Company Blue Origin Shows Off Commercial Passenger Space Capsule

Blue Origin announced they will be taking passengers into space as soon as next year and revealed their Shephard capsule which has seats for six paying customers and large windows View More ›

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