Military

U.S. special forces destroyed their own helicopter to keep it from falling into enemy hands following a raid to kill the leader of the terrorist group ISIS.  The raid happened on February 2 with U.S. forces deploying from U.S. Black Hawk helicopters. This is the same method used in 2011 during the raid to kill […]

The Air Force’s new pilot program targets its largest fuel consumer, the C-17 Globemaster III, and takes cues from commercial airlines strategies.

The U.S. Air Force’s newest fighter, the F-15EX Eagle II, successfully conducted a missile test, marking the first time a weapon was live fired from the aircraft, according to the service. During the January 25 test over the Gulf of Mexico, the fighter’s onboard sensors detected a BQM-167 aerial target drone used in air-to-air weapons […]

According to a notice issued by the Japan Coast Guard, salvage operations were ongoing in the northern part of the South China Sea until further notice.

Contract work will be performed at Lockheed Martin’s Marietta, Georgia facility, which the company said will also be one of the locations selected for LMXT tanker production.

The U.S. Navy has launched a salvage operation in the South China Sea in an attempt to retrieve a F-35C that went down into the South China Sea during a “landing mishap” earlier this week.

A California air base has been named the preferred site to base 12 KC-46A Pegasus refueling tankers, the U.S. Air Force announced. The dozen aircraft would replace aging KC-135 Stratotankers at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County, California, the service said. “The decision was made after conducting site surveys that assessed locations based on […]

An investigation has been launched into the incident that injured seven sailors on board the USS Carl Vinson.

A U.S. Air Force pilot recently successfully flew an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft during remote pilot in control (rPIC) training, marking the first government flight of a remotely piloted eVTOL, the Air Force said.  “A crucial thing that the RC controller allows you to do that a completely unmanned or a completely […]

An Air Force C-17 Pilot Recalls Leading the Last Formation of the Afghanistan evacuation.