Share this story For generations, the U.S. Army has trained its own helicopter pilots. Military instructor pilots taught military students in military aircraft on military bases, and the system — while imperfect — produced the aviators who flew Apaches in Iraq, Black...
Share this story The U.S. Air Force just awarded a contract to develop something that sounds like a contradiction: jet engines designed to be thrown away. Small, cheap, and built for a single mission, these disposable powerplants are intended for the next generation...
Share this story On April 8, 2026, the French Air and Space Force announced a milestone that had been years in the making: its first-ever launch of an AGM-114 Hellfire missile from a fixed-wing aircraft. The test, conducted over a French military range, marks...
Share this story In a classified wargame room, Air Force planners just finished one of the most consequential simulations in recent memory. The question on the table: if the United States goes to war with China over Taiwan, what mix of aircraft gives the Air Force the...
Share this story The U.S. Air Force just opened its biggest pilot retention bonus program in history. Starting April 1, 2026, eligible aviators can apply for annual bonuses up to $50,000 — with total payouts reaching $600,000 over a 12-year commitment. The Air Force...
Share this story Deep in California’s Mojave Desert, a KC-135R Stratotanker sits on the Edwards Air Force Base flightline bristling with sensors, cameras, and telemetry equipment that no ordinary tanker carries. This is the Ghost Tanker — the U.S. Air...
Share this story Somewhere in the CENTCOM operating area, a low-cost drone lifts off a catapult rail and heads toward an Iranian target. It looks almost identical to the Shahed-136 — the kamikaze drone Iran has been mass-producing and exporting for years. But this one...
Share this story At 52,000 feet over the Persian Gulf, a U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton surveillance drone squawked 7700 — the universal distress signal. Then it began falling. Within fifteen minutes, the $200 million aircraft dropped to 9,500 feet and vanished from every...
Datos brevesNacionalidadAlemán 🇩🇪Victorias aéreas62 (segundo as alemán más alto de la Primera Guerra Mundial)Aeronave voladaFokker D.VII, Albatros D.III/D.VGuerrasPrimera Guerra MundialNacido/fallecido26 de abril de 1896 - 17 de noviembre de 1941 (45 años)UnidadJagdstaffel 37, JG I (bajo Richthofen) Nachtvögel. Aufnahme von Ernst Udet c....
Share this story The handle is between your legs. You have been told about it in training, shown diagrams, watched videos. But nothing prepares you for the moment you actually reach for it. In that fraction of a second, you are making the most consequential decision...
Share this story On February 2, 1970, somewhere over the frozen plains of Montana, 1st Lieutenant Gary Foust of the 71st Fighter Interceptor Squadron had a problem that no amount of skill could solve. His F-106A Delta Dart — a supersonic interceptor designed to hunt...
On the morning of July 25, 1909, Louis Blériot climbed into a 25-horsepower monoplane that he had built himself, pointed it north across the grey water of the English Channel, and disappeared into the fog. He had no compass. He had no landmarks. He had no way to know...
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