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Bell Helicopter Shows Off Electric Air Taxi Concept at CES 2018

The future is near! A flying electric air taxi is not something you usually see at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas but this year Bell Helicopter treated View More ›

Picture of the Day: CH-53E Super Stallion takes off at Naval Air Facility El Centro, California

A CH-53E Super Stallion takes off during a tactical support insert and extract exercise as part of a weapons and tactics course at Naval Air Facility El Centro, Calif., April View More ›

Watch: B-2 Stealth Bomber Flyover 2018 Rose Bowl

The B-2 Stealth Bomber makes for such an awesome sight! Featured image by video screen capture

Watch: Cool Video of Four F-35’s Seen From a Helicopter Fiesta Bowl Parade

A spectacular sight! F-35 Flyover Fiesta Bowl Parade 2017. Featured image by video screen capture

Picture of the Day: A-10 Battle Damage the Story of Kim ‘Killer Chick’ Campbell

Great story! A heavily damaged A-10 Warthog which was successfully landed back at a USAF Air base by pilot “Killer Chick” Kim Campbell. Damage was sustained over Baghdad in 2003. View More ›

Watch: Aircraft Carrier Arresting Gear – Behind the Scenes Look

Aviation Boatswain’s Mates (Equipment) operate arresting gear used to recover aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt and its carrier strike group are deployed to View More ›

JFK Airport Meltdown in Wake of Winter Storm Known as the ‘Bomb Cyclone’

Twenty plus hours sitting in a dark airplane??? Just be happy you were not traveling through JFK airport lately…well, let’s hope you were not! An afternoon water main break suspended View More ›

Picture of the Day: Petty Officer 3rd Class Thurman Bailey Cleans the Rotor on an MH-60R Seahawk Helicopter

Classic Navy! Note the high tech wire brush and cleaning cloth. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Thurman Bailey cleans and tightens the rear rotor on an MH-60R Seahawk helicopter in View More ›

Two Passenger Jets Collide on the Tarmac at JFK Airport

A China Southern plane hit a Kuwait Airways aircraft on the tarmac at John F. Kennedy Airport Saturday. The right wing of a China Southern plane hit the tail of View More ›

Watch: Ever See an Ejection Initiated from Under Water? See it here!

This is probably something you have never seen before. Have you? Good training just in case you ever need to eject while underwater! Featured image from video screen capture

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