The Bell 525 Helicopter Cabin Looks Like A Throne Room From Star Wars

Bell’s 525 “Relentless” super-medium class twin turbine helicopter is attempting to set the bar for technology, capability and if you have the big BIG bucks, luxury. Gone is the traditional narrow fuselage, in its place is a wide and voluminous cabin for designers to play with. Case in point, this...

Apr 6, 2026

It's MiGs Versus Eagles Training High Over Europe

Our just flew with the Florida Air National Guard during their detachment to Graf Ignatievo, Bulgaria as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve. The Eagles were not alone during the flight; MiG-21s and MiG-29s of the Bulgarian Air Force joined up for some photo magic. American F-15s have been forward deployed...

Apr 6, 2026

These Photos Of Soldiers Executing Fire Phobia Training Will Terrify You

This has to be just about the worst training I have seen allied soldiers go through. How these is beyond me. The exercise shown was part of mission rehearsal exercise conducted in Hohenfels, Germany that prepares multi-national forces rotating through Kosovo. Train as you fight and fight as you train,...

Apr 6, 2026

BALTOPS May Have Ended But Tensions Around The Baltic Sea Have Not

The USS Vicksburg, many of the ships seen here, and an expanded flotilla of allied ships from the region took part in BALTOPS ‘15, which ended on Saturday. The , which reinforced strong NATO and allied bonds, has led to increased tensions with Russia as historically neutral parties in the...

Apr 6, 2026

Red Devils Parachute Team Members Work Together To Survive Entanglement

I didn’t run this story yesterday because I couldn’t figure out exactly what occurred here. All the were reporting that a parachute failed and that another team member came to the stricken skydiver’s rescue. But that really sounded odd. It turns out, as I suspected, that the two jumpers got...

Apr 6, 2026

Why Don't The Newest US Air Force F-16s Use These High-Tech Fuel Tanks?

Fuel is the ever-present specter that looms over every pilot. It’s great when you have enough of it, and terrifying when you don’t. This is especially true for notoriously fuel hungry tactical fighters. Conformal Fuel Tanks (CFTs) have become an increasingly popular way to add range to existing fighter designs,...

Apr 6, 2026

The P-3 Orion Is Old, But It's Ready To Hunt Some Submarines

Theis just one tough old air blender. These aircraft just keep at it decade after decade, hunting submarines and patrolling the world’s sea lanes. Case in point, this spectacular image showing three of these old birds belonging to VP-4 ‘Skinny Dragons’ being readied for their next sorties out of Marine...

Apr 6, 2026

Here's How Many iPhones You Need To Stop A Bullet

You know those movie scenes where somebody gets shot but they’re fine because there was a bible or something in their pocket acting as body armor? Here’s a little experiment with the, uh, modern equivalent. Or maybe just an excuse to shoot a gun at a stack of iPhones. found...

Apr 6, 2026

Rider Bails Just In Time As His Motorcycle Catches Fire Mid-Race

Young British Superbikes racer has crashed before, but holy crap the guy’s bike just burst into flames while he was hard-charging through a corner. Watch it in slow-mo below and make sure your headphones are on because the commentators are hilarious. Mackenzie was born after the motorcycles I ride were...

Apr 6, 2026

Did The Soviets Build A Better Shuttle Than We Did?

For some reason, my social media feeds lately have been filled with images of that have fallen into ruin. This is a little puzzling, since those shuttles haven’t been ‘secret’ for decades, and they’ve been in terrible condition for over 20 years. But that got me thinking — was it...

Apr 6, 2026

F-35B Makes Its First Leap Off The Ski Jump

Lockheed’s of the Joint Strike Fighter took its first leap off the ski-jump test ramp at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland, and it could lead to the birth of a new eXXXtreme sport. The ski ramp is similar to the ones installed on the Royal Navy’s Class and...

Apr 6, 2026

New Area 51 Satellite Imagery Shows Massive New Hangar Almost Finished

New images of America’s have been posted at Terraserver. The base looks busier than ever, with no less than four “Janet” 737s and a turboprop on the terminal ramp. But the biggest change on base has to do with the new huge south-base hangar, We’ve done discussing exactly what this...

Apr 6, 2026

Lockheed Martin's Quiz Is Crap So Take Our Better One

Lockheed Martin, a defense contractor worth billions and billions of dollars thanks to its work making war machines, is a befuddling company. On the one hand, they have people smart enough to make those machines. On the other hand, they made an incredibly dumb quiz about those machines. A quiz...

Apr 6, 2026

The Ohio-Class Guided Missile Nuclear Submarine Is One Dangerous Beast

Four of the U.S. Navy’s gargantuan Ohio-class ballistic missile nuclear submarines, otherwise known as were converted into multi-role platforms capable of deploying throngs of special forces, spying, sinking ships and other subs and and putting any enemy within 1,000 miles of coast at risk of their arsenal of 154 cruise...

Apr 6, 2026

Report Urges Pentagon To Arm F-35Cs With Tactical Nuclear Weapons

A report from “Project Atom” urges the Department of Defense to make the Navy’s F-35Cs “dual role capable.” In other words, they want to make sure the jet can drop conventional munitions and nuclear ones, all in an effort to surround potential enemies with a more “neighborly” nuclear deterrent. According...

Apr 6, 2026