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Special operators respond to hostage situation.
Tactical

Why Americans are twice as likely to die in a hostage situation

By Blake Stilwell

Helicopter flying low.
Tactical

This rare Army award is given to aviators who expertly crash

By Logan Nye

A-36 mustang dive bomber.
History

This was the dive-bomber version of the famed Mustang

By Harold C. Hutchison

F-20 tigershark is the plane that almost beat f-16.
Military News

This is the plane that almost beat out the legendary F-16

By Harold C. Hutchison

fighter jet
Military News

How the Soviet MiG-29 became a NATO fighter jet

By Miguel Ortiz

F-8 Crusader on aircraft carrier USS Midway.
History

F-8 Crusader: The last gunfighter of Vietnam

By Terry Lloyd

wwii dive bomber
History

The Army Air Forces had a dive bomber during WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

a-37a dragonfly plane flying.
History

This Dragonfly stung the Communists in Vietnam

By Harold C. Hutchison

soviet transport plane copied this american aircraft.
Military News

The Soviets ripped off this strange Boeing transport plane

By Harold C. Hutchison

cuban pilot defected
Tactical

This Cuban pilot defected to the US then went back to rescue his family

By Miguel Ortiz

wwi combat pilots
History

The 8 rules for rookie combat pilots in World War I

By Logan Nye

advanced fighter jets
Military News

Why advanced fighter jets still carry guns

By Blake Stilwell

boldest attack plans in American military history
Tactical

The 5 boldest attack plans in American military history

By Team Mighty

Bv-141
History

The BV-141 looks like a kid had too many models, not enough patience

By Logan Nye

stolen plane
Tactical

That time an RAF pilot stole a plane in grand protest

By Logan Nye

cambodia
Tactical

The US may have invaded Cambodia because of the movie ‘Patton’

By Team Mighty

This aerial dogfight was like a life-sized version of a bee swarm
Military News

This aerial dogfight was like a life-sized version of a bee swarm

By Logan Nye

p-38
History

This friendly fire incident hamstrung the P-38

By Harold C. Hutchison

vietnam pilot
Tactical

Risking a $3 million jet to ‘blow up a lot of dirt’

By Logan Nye

pirate-themed Navy planes
Military News

7 pirate-themed US Navy planes

By Miguel Ortiz

glass cannon rapid dragon
Tactical

The insane plan to turn C-130s into ‘glass cannons’

By Logan Nye

a-10
Military News

The history and design behind the legendary A-10

By Miguel Ortiz

flying brick
Tactical

This ‘flying brick’ could fly fast enough to melt its paint

By Logan Nye

gripen
Military News

The Swedish fighter that’s perfect for Ukraine

By Logan Nye

f-4 phantoms rules of engagement vietnam
History

The rules of engagement problem that doomed pilots over Vietnam

By Logan Nye

kara hultgreen
Tactical

The first combat qualified female naval aviator died in a crazy accident

By Blake Stilwell

This futuristic plane could be the Air Force’s next tanker
Military News

This futuristic plane could be the Air Force’s next tanker

By Miguel Ortiz

wild weasels
History

‘Warriors in their Own Words’ – How the Wild Weasels cleared enemy skies over Vietnam

By James Elphick

ukraine f-16 training
Military News

Ukrainians will train on F-16s in Arizona

By Miguel Ortiz

washing machine charlie
Tactical

This is why Washing Machine Charlie is the most annoying enemy aircraft ever

By Ruddy Cano

1911
History

This pilot shot down an enemy fighter with his 1911

By Blake Stilwell

saddam air force
Tactical

Why Saddam Hussein buried Iraq’s air force in the desert

By Blake Stilwell

maui wildfires response
Military News

The military response to the Maui wildfires

By Miguel Ortiz

f-16s
Military News

The US approved sending F-16s to Ukraine

By Miguel Ortiz

p-40 flying tigers
Tactical

Hurricanes and P-40 Warhawks: The unsung sky heroes of early WWII

By Terry Lloyd

buff flyby
Tactical

Maverick has nothing on this insane Air Force flyby of a carrier

By Logan Nye

forward air controller fac
Tactical

The Forward Air Controllers of Vietnam

By Terry Lloyd

tail gun
Tactical

This was the last Navy plane to have a tail gun

By Miguel Ortiz

avro arrow
Tactical

The Canadian jet that could’ve changed aviation history

By Logan Nye

russia plane il-22
Military News

How the loss of one plane is a significant loss for Russia

By Miguel Ortiz

doolittle raiders takeoff
History

Why the Doolittle Raid required a handmade bombsight

By Miguel Ortiz

delta pilot
Tactical

Delta pilots flew to 48 states in under 48 hours to raise money for veterans

By Miguel Ortiz

air force white paint
Military News

Air Force-funded white paint could replace air conditioning

By Logan Nye

refueling mid air
Tactical

The Air Force celebrated 100 years of aerial refueling

By Miguel Ortiz

missing pilots
Military News

Pilot bodies returned home after going missing in Vietnam 54 years ago

By Miguel Ortiz

prone pilot gloster meteor
Tactical

This plane required pilots to lay down in the cockpit to fight

By Logan Nye

qantas airways
Tactical

Qantas Airways used to have a military division

By Miguel Ortiz

The time an Air Force Academy ceremony ended in property damage and 15 injuries
Tactical

The time an Air Force Academy ceremony ended in property damage and 15 injuries

By Miguel Ortiz

weirdest military aircraft
Tactical

9 of the weirdest military aircraft that actually flew

By Jessica Evans

cargo plane
History

5 things you didn’t know about the H-4 Hercules ‘Spruce Goose’

By Miguel Ortiz

f-8 crusader
Tactical

Why the US Navy complained about being bullied by NASA fighter pilots in the air

By Team Mighty

f-15
Tactical

3 Planes that have never been shot down in air-to-air combat

By Team Mighty

The F-14 Tomcat was designed around its engines, radar and missiles
Tactical

The F-14 Tomcat was designed around its engines, radar and missiles

By Miguel Ortiz

boeing
History

Boeing turned a nuclear bomber into a double-deck airliner

By Miguel Ortiz

The British are retiring the C-130 Hercules from RAF service
Military News

The British are retiring the C-130 Hercules from RAF service

By Miguel Ortiz

boeing
Tactical

The Air Force still flies Boeing’s first jet

By Miguel Ortiz

a-10
Tactical

The origin of the A-10 Warthog’s shark mouth goes beyond the Flying Tigers

By Miguel Ortiz

c-17 globemaster
Military News

The giant C-17 Globemaster landed on the tiny island of Saint Helena

By Miguel Ortiz

dean martin and son
Entertainment

Dean Martin’s son was an Air Force fighter pilot with a tragic demise

By Miguel Ortiz

wwi pilot
Military News

The near-suicidal way American pilots played possum in WWI

By Logan Nye

military aviation
History

A guide to military aviation and warfare

By Jessica Evans

model 299 aircraft
History

This clever advertising doomed thousands of aviators

By Logan Nye

bird strike plane
Tactical

Watch this bird strike take out a jet…from the pilot’s POV

By Harold C. Hutchison

Pilots started giving the voices in their planes nicknames, usually derogatory ones. American's came up with 'Bitchin Betty'.
History

Why pilots love and hate ‘Bitchin’ Betty’

By Logan Nye