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Remembering Aviation & Space Legend John Glenn

Are you old enough to remember the pride that the country felt when John Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth? It was overwhelming at the time. Gaining View More ›

USMC Pilot Killed in F/A-18 Crash in Japan Identified

Marine Corps F/A-18 pilot Captain Jake Frederick was killed Wednesday when his aircraft crashed into the ocean off the coast of Japan. The 32 year Hornet old pilot was on a View More ›

Pakistan International Airlines Flight Crashes – 47 Passengers Perish

Pakistan International Airlines Flight PK-661 was carrying 42 passengers and five crew members when it crashed in the mountains near Abbottabad. The French made ATR-42 twin-engine turboprop aircraft was just 30 miles View More ›

Watch: Aircraft Carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Renders Honors at Pearl Harbor

If you were in Pearl Harbor on December 2nd you might have been lucky enough to see a US Naval tradition that is very moving and spectacular. The USS John View More ›

Marine Corps F/A-18 Crashes in Southern Japan

Update: The Marine Corps has expanded the search-and-rescue efforts for the missing F/A-18 pilot. “Search and rescue efforts for the pilot … have expanded to a greater radius and include more View More ›

Remember Pearl Harbor! Photos You Have Never Seen Before

At 0748 Sunday morning December 7th, 1941 the Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. More than 350 Imperial Japanese bombers, fighter planes and torpedo planes attacked the island after being View More ›

Trump Tweets ‘Cancel Order!’ on Air Force One Contract with Boeing

Today President-elect Trump, via a tweet, told the country that he thinks the price Boeing wants to build the new Air Force One presidential aircraft is too high and he View More ›

Boeing Delivers 500th 787 Dreamliner to Air France

Boeing recently delivered to Air France its first 787 Dreamliner. The aircraft is the 500th 787 to be produced by Boeing and will be used on Air France’s Paris to Cairo View More ›

This Day in Aviation History: December 6, 1959 Navy F4 Pilot Sets Zoom Climb Altitude Record

On December 6, 1959 US Navy Commander Lawrence E. Flint set a new world’s record when he zoom climbed his YF4H-1 Phantom II prototype to an altitude of 98,561 feet or 30,041 meters. The View More ›

Watch: Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity Flies Free!

The world of aviation and space exploration is changing dramatically with private companies like Virgin Galactic leading the way. Virgin successfully completed the first free flight of VSS Unity their newly View More ›

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