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F-16 Viper Demonstration Team Preps for 2017 Show Season

Did you know the Air Force has a F-16 Viper Demonstration Team? They do and they are awesome! Based at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina this elite team is View More ›

Watch: F-35A Makes Debut at Red Flag 17-1!

The F-35A has participated in the Air Force’s premier air-to-air combat exercise Red Flag for the first time. Hosted at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada, Red Flag View More ›

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 View More ›

Watch: U-2 Dragon Lady Ugly Landings!

The U-2 is a very unique aircraft. First flown in August 1955, it is a single engine jet that is designed to fly at altitudes of 70,000 feet. Basically, the View More ›

U-2 Reaches 30,000 Flight Hours in Support of Central Command

The US Central Command announced today that a U-2 ‘Dragon Lady’ high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, piloted by Major Ryan reached 30,000 hours of flight time in support of View More ›

Northrop Grumman Exits From Air Force’s T-38 Replacement T-X Competition

February 1, 2017 Northrop Grumman and its partner BAE Systems announced that they will not be submitting a proposal for the US Air Force T-X competition to replace the aging T-38 View More ›

Marine Corps Will Take Part in F-35 vs F-18 Review

New Secretary of Defense James Mattis released a memo this week calling for a review of the F-35 program and to compare it to the operational capabilities the F-18 Super View More ›

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 View More ›

Today in Aviation History: First Flight North American T-2 Buckeye Jet

Today in 1958 the T-2 Buckeye flew for the first time. If you were a US Navy or Marine Corps jet pilot or Naval Flight Officer (NFO) from the late View More ›

Airbus Zephyr Solar Powered Aircraft Purchased by British Defence Ministry

The Zephyr is a High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS) that is being promoted by Airbus as an aircraft that has capabilities falling in between a satellite and an unmanned aerial vehicle View More ›

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