B-1 Bomber Buzzes Sturgis Bike Rally, Redefines The Term "Loud Exhaust"

Sturgis, South Dakota gets very loud this time of year pack the historic town. Yet even on this, the 75th anniversary of the Mecca of all bike rallies, the loudest vehicle to cruise the strip was the mighty B-1B Lancer bomber, of which many are based not so far from...

Apr 14, 2026

Ring In Your Weekend With This Incredible Photo From The Royal Navy

This breathtaking image shows afrom 815 Squadron light up the evening sky with a massive flare release during an exercise in the Indian Ocean. The Lynx Mk8 shown is on a nine month cruise aboard HMS Richmond, a Royal Navy which you see looming in the background. Contact the author...

Apr 14, 2026

Navy Comes To Its Senses And Orders Shock Trials On USS Gerald R. Ford

The Navy’s first new class of aircraft carriers in almost 50 years has had its share of developmental issues with mission critical systems. Built under a , the ship’s catapults, radar, arresting gear and other critical systems remain mired in developmental chaos, even though the ship is less than a...

Apr 14, 2026

Report: BMW Is Working On Carbon Fiber Motorcycle Frames

Sounds like has just patented designs for two carbon fiber motorcycle frames, along with plans for efficient assembly. Apparently one would fit sport bikes specifically, while the other could be worked into a more diverse range of body styles. says the performance-oriented beam frame will be made of “eight lengths...

Apr 14, 2026

Pentagon Unsure If It Could Beat Russia In A Conventional Conflict

The that a series of classified war gaming exercises ran by the Defense Department have clearly shown that the U.S. is ill-prepared for a sustained military engagement with Russia. Such a situation is not that hard to believe as our forces have been mired in counter-terror and counter-insurgency fighting for...

Apr 14, 2026

Russia Is Livestreaming The World Championship Tank Biathlon Finals

Tanks! They’re big, mean, ugly, and loud, and their crews are highly competitive. Russia is hosting the World Championship Tank Biathalon right now, and the finals mean that the best of the whole group are competing for the title of Best Tank Biathelete (I think). But the winner gets a...

Apr 14, 2026

These Graphics Show The USAF's Recon, Spec Ops, Rescue And Tanker Inventory

The folks over at have done an amazing job at creating highly detailed inventory charts of different air arms, and they are currently knee-deep detailing the USAF’s entire force structure. They have already released the Air Force’s and now they have released two more. The first of these new graphics...

Apr 14, 2026

Is The Air Force Plan To Retire The MQ-1 Predator Drone By 2018 A Smart One?

It is one of the most recognizable and controversial machines of the new millennium. The RQ-1, and its armed cousin, the MQ-1, have redefined how America fights its enemies abroad. Now the U.S. Air Force wants to chuck them out into the desert once and for all, relying solely on...

Apr 14, 2026

The Last Flying Vulcan Bomber Put On This Breathtaking Over-Water Display

After pulling off , the last flying Avro Vulcan bomber, known by its serial number XH558, continues to be pushed to her absolute max for her final flying hours before retirement. This was fully apparent at this weekend’s Eastbourne Air Show near the the picturesque Beachy Head Cliffs in England....

Apr 14, 2026

Watch And Hear The Blue Angels Thread Between High-Rises In Chicago

There are a few places where the regularly perform that put their aircraft in fairly close proximity to large structures, but Chicago may be the closest of them all. The shot above, released on the Blue’s Facebook page gives a thrilling perspective of the formation over the Windy City, but...

Apr 14, 2026

Watch Aircraft Paint The Night Sky In This Time Lapse Video From Red Flag

Red Flag is an exercise held in three to four cycles each year which aims to provide realistic combat simulations for American and allied air crews. Half of those simulations come at night, and when the combat jets soar through the air, the resulting timelapse video, like this one posted...

Apr 14, 2026

The Navy's MQ-4C Triton Enters The Sci-Fi Realm Of The Anechoic Chamber

The is seen lifted inside NAS Patuxent River’s anechoic chamber earlier this month. The test was unique as it was the first time ever that a vehicle was controlled via an external ground station while undergoing electromagnetic compatibility testing in the chamber. The testing will take over two months to...

Apr 14, 2026

Two Very Badass Women Will Graduate U.S. Army Ranger School For First Time

Out of 96 students who will be graduating from grueling U.S. Army Ranger School in Fort Benning, Georgia this Friday, two will be women for the first time ever. The historic class started in April with 381 men and 19 women attending, and after what is known as one of...

Apr 14, 2026

The Airborne Laser May Rise Again But It Will Look Very Different

The can be tracked back to the Reagan years, and after billions in development dollars were spent and a custom-built 747 prototype was built, what was to be a super-weapon that could shoot down ballistic missiles over their countries of origination turned out to be a super-flop. Now, with the...

Apr 14, 2026

Lockheed Goes For Global Hawk's Feathers With Stealthy Optionally-Manned U-2

Lockheed’s vaunted is setting its sights on developing a successor to its venerable U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane and Northrop Grumman’s RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) drone. This new aircraft will seemingly take the best of the unmanned and manned features of both aircraft, and fuse them into an...

Apr 14, 2026