This Wild Photo Shows Warped Air Getting Gulped Into A Harrier's Engine

The Harrier is a massive Rolls Royce "Pegasus" turbofan engine with wings. Although not supersonic, the has almost 24k lbs of thrust to play with even though it has no afterburner. This makes it very well suited for hauling ass down low, below radar and close to the targets it...

Dec 17, 2025

Watch This B-2's Refueling Receptacle Disappear Before Your Very Eyes!

Our good friend posted a very cool USAF video showing a B-2 Spirit being refueled high over Montana. Watching the flying wing's control surfaces working to keep it stabilized below theis always amazing, but the real payoff comes at the end when we see the jet's revolving refueling receptacle seemingly...

Dec 17, 2025

Fly Along With The USAF's Elite Special Operations CV-22 Osprey Crews

The USAF's CV-22B Ospreys are the most capable combat search and rescue and tactical ever devised. The video below, shot by CV-22 crews themselves, shows them in action like never before. The USAF's CV-22B fixed-wing aircraft-esque range and speed opens up a whole new envelope for special forces insertion and...

Dec 17, 2025

Confessions Of A US Navy Blue Angel

They are one of the most iconic performance groups in existence, amazing millions yearly. Their shows feature seemingly super-human levels of precision. Now, one of them is going to tell you what it's like to don the blue flight suit as part of the elite of the elite, as a...

Dec 17, 2025

This Is How You Hand-Launch A U-2 Spy Plane After It Loses A Wheel

The It relies on fall-away "pogo" wheels that work as outriggers for its long wings during taxi and takeoff. Apparently, these wheels fall off prematurely from time to time. Easy fix! Just get out on the runway and hold the wing while the U-2 goes to full power, than try...

Dec 17, 2025

Motorcycle Maniac Leads Police Chase Right Through Wal-Mart And Escapes

Royal Canadian Mounted Police tried to stop an unidentified motorcyclist for reckless driving when the dude ran for it, leading cops all over the city of Surrey and straight through the front door of Wal-Mart and down escalators. Oh yeah; he got away and cops still can't find him. The...

Dec 17, 2025

This Secret USCG Program Saw Exotic Armed Choppers Take On Fast Boats

In the late 1990s the US Coast Guard was constantly being outrun by cartels 'go-fast' drug smuggling boats. Enter a secret program dubbed "New Frontier" that saw the use of a new breed of helicopters and interceptor boats, launched from cutters far out at sea, that aimed to fight the...

Dec 17, 2025

Horrific Midair Collision During Air Show And Arms Expo In Malaysia

Indonesia's, which flies experienced a horrific crash yesterday during a practice run for Malaysia's Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA). Astonishingly, all four pilots are reported to have survived the collision. The event occurred as two of the team's KT-1 aircraft (similar to a Pilatus PC-9) were approaching each...

Dec 17, 2025

This Is Why You Don't Road Rage On Two Wheels

When riding a motorcycle, its normally assumed that you are invisible to every other driver on the road and a grain of salt must be taken when your path is violated. This biker just couldn't let it drop when his lane was breached by a white sedan and he paid...

Dec 17, 2025

Look How Quickly China is Building Its Island Bases Out Of Nothing

China isn't just expanding its military reach into the South China Sea, it's rapidly building completely new islands, and as you'd expect, that's generating plenty of anxiety from the other nations in the neighborhood. China is taking desolate reefs among the Spratly Islands and building them into man-made bases. Some...

Dec 17, 2025

The Time When AV-8 Harriers Deployed Aboard A Fixed-Wing Navy Carrier

The USMC inducted the AV-8Ainto service in 1971 and military minds in the DoD were quickly trying to think of every way they could use the "Jump Jet's" new abilities. One of their experiments was to integrate the AV-8 into a conventional USN Carrier Air Wing. This happened during the...

Dec 17, 2025

Heavy Iron Heading To Crimea As Tu-22M3 Backfires Ready For Snap Drills

Once again, Russia has upped the air combat capability ante on the Crimean Peninsula with Tu-22M3 Backfires reportedly deploying there as part of widespread 'snap' readiness drills among Russian forces. This marks the first time a Russian strategic asset like the Tu-22 has operated from Crimea since the territory was...

Dec 17, 2025

Blue Angels Sprinkle Their Own Magic Over Disney's Magic Kingdom

The, the Blue Angels, performed their iconic "Delta Breakout" maneuver over Disney World's equally iconic Cinderella Castle today on their way to their next air show in Melbourne, Florida, wowing Spring Breakers by the tens of thousands. It doesn't get much more magical than that folks! For those that may...

Dec 17, 2025

This B-1B Departure Will Melt Your Face Off

Watching is like watching Han Solo’s beloved Millennium Falcon blasting out of a spaceport. Some of you mentioned seeing fully loaded B-1B departures from the hot desert runways of in Qatar. Alas, video of exactly this has emerged, and yes, it is glorious. And an older video as a bonus!:...

Dec 17, 2025

Why The Secret Service Needs An $8 Million Scale White House Replica

The Secret Service has been in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons lately, with, a guy entering, and now even making headlines. The answer, at least partially? A long overdue $8 million replica White House to train on. The fact that the US Secret Service does not have any...

Dec 17, 2025