Cleaning Out A KC-135 Stratotanker's Fuel Tanks Is The Job Of Nightmares

Somehow I missed this Dirty Jobs and I am kinda glad I did quite honestly. In this episode, Mike Rowe, the hardest working man in show business, learns what it takes to maintain the ancient central fuel tanks. Let's just put it this way, if you are claustrophobic, go get...

Dec 17, 2025

President Obama Gives Thumbs Up For Cool Motorcycle Stunts

Middle-aged dad and also President of the United States Barack Obama finally gave his opinion on motorcycle stunt riding today, giving a reserved thumbs up , where the Border Security Force showed off a number of stunt riding techniques US President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama watched a display of...

Dec 17, 2025

Watch The Rescue Of A Pilot Who Ditched At Sea Using A Plane Parachute

In what seems like a perfectly coordinated long-range rescue, this Cirrus SR-22 pilot activated the after figuring out the plane would not have enough fuel to make it to Hawaii. What happens next is both intense and incredible, as the pilot goes from a long fall, to narrowly escaping their...

Dec 17, 2025

Greek Fighter Jet Crashes In Spain, At Least 10 Reportedly Killed

A Greek F-16 in Spain as part of a NATO training mission crashed shortly after takeoff, killing at least 10, according to . Thirteen were injured, including six critically injured, the Spanish Ministry of Defense confirmed. It's not immediately clear what caused the crash at Los Llanos airbase, according to...

Dec 17, 2025

Watch The F-35 Execute Its First Flyover For The NFL Pro Bowl Game

A positive milestone for the F-35 program came Sunday as a quartet of the $120M jets flew from their nest at Luke AFB to University of Phoenix stadium after a air-to-air training sortie to execute a four ship for the NFL Pro Bowl. Although the fingertip formation was nice, the...

Dec 17, 2025

Obama Tightens India Bond As A Mix Of Russian And U.S. Jets Fly Above

Yesterday, President Obama was in India for Republic Day, which makes sense since its parade included a C-17 Globemaster III and the P-8 Poseidon, the most advanced maritime patrol and transport aircraft in the world, both imported from the U.S. and flying with Indian flags on their tails. Although the...

Dec 17, 2025

Serious Props! Check Out The Massive Screws On The Burke Class Destroyer

Ship design is as much a study in proportions as anything else, but sometimes the most ridiculous elements lay out of view, below the waterline. Case in point: the gargantuan brass screws on the US Navy's Arleigh Burke Class . It's hard to get any real sense of scale with...

Dec 17, 2025

This Is An Official Portrait Of Astronaut Leland D. Melvin

Astronaut worked for NASA for 25 years, heading the Vehicle Health Monitoring team for the X-33 space shuttle successor, leading NASA's office for education and outreach program in the 2010s, and logging over 565 hours in space. Also, he likes dogs. The above is an official NASA portrait taken of...

Dec 17, 2025

The Next Air Force One Will Be A Boeing 747-8

When you're the leader of the free world, you can't just zip around in some crappy Cessna you . You gotta fly in something nice, something that makes it look like our country still has its shit together. For this reason, the Air Force has chosen the new Boeing 747-8...

Dec 17, 2025

Why Is An F/A-18D Making An Approach On An Amphibious Landing Dock?

This video of a USMC F/A-18D making an approach to land on the USS Bonhomme Richard LHD-6 is bizarre. The thing is that VMFA(AW) squadrons, who fly the USMC's missionized two-seat F/A-18Ds, don't embark on super carriers and there are a lot better places to work on your instrument approach...

Dec 17, 2025

The Navy's Newest Linux-Powered Command Center Is Right Out Of Star Trek

The DDG-1000 Zumwalt Class Destroyer could very well revolutionize the way the Navy does its surface warfare business. One of its biggest innovations is ditching the cramped, darkly lit Combat Information Center (CIC), a fixture for many decades on past USN combat ships, and replacing it with the state-of-the-art, spacious,...

Dec 17, 2025

The AC-130J Ghostrider Will Get A Big Ass Gun Afterall

It is no secret that the . Once defined by their bristling cannons, the new breed of AC-130s are all about guided bombs and a slew of smart weapons, with just a single, direct fire 30mm cannon being fitted. Luckily, sharper minds have prevailed at AFSOC and now the AC-130Js...

Dec 17, 2025

This Chilling Ad Reveals The Lines Of A Top Secret Stealth Bomber

Either Northrop Grumman or Boeing-Lockheed will win the contract for America's next bomber, known as the Long Range Strike-Bomber. Whoever takes the prize will likely be the last bomber builder for the better part of a century and will almost The stakes are high, and the marketing has become very...

Dec 17, 2025

This Is What It Looks Like To Land The Gargantuan C-5 Galaxy

The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is the largest western military aircraft ever built, and fully loaded it can weigh nearly a million pounds. One of the most amazing, and troublesome, of its components are its finicky landing gear, especially the twin truck nose gear that kneels so cargo can be loaded...

Dec 17, 2025

This SR-71, F-14, F-4 Formation Shot Is An Air Combat Dream Come True

This has to be one of the coolest and the LOUDEST military aviation photos in history. No less than three Tomcats and three Phantoms are headed by an SR-71 Blackbird as they pour on the coals during a high-speed, low-level flyby over NAWS China Lake. The circumstances of how this...

Dec 17, 2025