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Watch: Ever Seen an F-22 Raptor Engine Start Up? You Will Want See This!

Very cool! Any F-22 Raptor pilots out there in Fighter Sweepland want to comment on the startup sequence? Featured image via video screen capture

MAKS 2017! What is it? Where is it? Why You Should Check This Out!

With all the Russian mania these days how many of you know what MAKS is? The International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS is one of the largest air shows in View More ›

Watch: Take a ‘Fly By’ Tour of the International Space Station! You Have to See This!

The first component of the International Space Station (ISS) was launched into orbit back in 1998. The ISS is now the largest human made object in low Earth orbit and View More ›

Armed Chinese Fighters Cause US Navy EP-3 to Take Evasive Action to Avoid Collision

The Chinese Air Force made it clear that they don’t appreciate a US Navy EP-3 spy plane flying in the East China Sea. A pair of armed Chinese fighter jets flew View More ›

USS Gerald R. Ford CVN 78 Commissioned by President Trump into Active Fleet Service

The first of the Ford-class super-carriers is now commissioned and ready for service in the Fleet. The USS Gerald R. Ford CVN 78 is the first new aircraft carrier design in View More ›

Picture of the Day: MV-22B Osprey Tiltrotor Lifts Off from a Hilltop During Exercise Talisman Saber 17

Military aviation makes for some very interesting photos. The closer you look, the more you see. Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia – An MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft lifts off View More ›

Watch: Take a Ride Down Low with the ‘Pukin Dogs’ of VFA-143

Enjoy a ride on-board with F-18 Hornet pilots from the ‘Pukin Dogs’ of VFA-143 somewhere over the Pacific Northwest. Featured image of an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Pukin View More ›

Watch: US Navy’s “Naviator” Quadcopter Can Fly & Swim Underwater!

It makes perfect sense for the Navy to have a drone that CAN fly and swim right? Well, that is exactly what the Naviator does! At the Office of Naval View More ›

VFA-115 US Navy Strike Fighter Squadron Sets Milestone of 100,000 Hours Mishap Free Flight Time

Logging 100,000 hours of flight time in a strike/fighter squadron without a class A mishap is a major achievement. The “Eagles” of Strike Fighter Squadron 115 set the historic milestone on View More ›

More & More Police Units Getting Drones to Combat Crime

If you are a criminal on the run you better start looking up as a drone may be following you. Police departments all over the country are ‘droning up’ to View More ›

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