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With stunning WWII series 'Masters of the Air,' Spielberg and Hanks do America another public service
January 29, 2024 | 6:50pmSteven Spielberg and Tom Hanks have once again done a public service.
Massive 46-foot 'garden gnome' warplane comes for free with purchase of $5M home
January 15, 2024 | 3:11pmA rare, 46-foot warplane acting as a "garden gnome" outside a $5 million English estate comes for free with the purchase of the sprawling property.
Ukraine claims it downed three Russian fighter jets in 'brilliantly planned operation'
December 23, 2023 | 3:42pmUkraine military said it downed three Russian fighter jets over southern part of country
Chinese fighter jet only feet away from collision with US B-52
October 27, 2023 | 10:14amBoth the US and China released statements refusing to adjust their operations
US planes had over 180 ‘coercive and risky’ encounters with Chinese aircraft since 2021: Pentagon
October 17, 2023 | 8:38pmUS military aircraft have had over 180 dangerous mid-air encounters with Chinese warplanes since 2021 -- representing more instances than in the preceding two decades, the Pentagon revealed Tuesday. The...
British fighter jets appear to narrowly miss each other while training
October 2, 2023 | 2:51pmA pair of British fighter planes appear to have almost collided with each other during a training exercise over England, according to a spine-tingling photo captured by an amateur photographer.
'We got a pilot in our house': Bizarre 911 call released in F-35 crash
September 22, 2023 | 10:06amThe pilot of the ditched F-35 fighter jet said on a 911 call that he had parachuted 2,000 feet.
Pentagon's $1.7T F-35 jets have ‘maintenance issues,’ finish missions barely half the time: feds
September 21, 2023 | 6:58pmThe Pentagon is poised to spend $1.7 trillion on nearly 2,500 F-35 fighter jets resulting from “costly maintenance issues” it faces in operating and repairing the aircraft.
Missing F-35 stealth jet presumed to have crashed spotted 'almost going inverted' before disaster: witness
September 21, 2023 | 9:16amThe missing F-35 stealth jet presumed to have crashed in South Carolina over the weekend was spotted "almost going inverted" as it flew about 100 feet above the treetops just before the...
F-35 pilot ejected from $100M jet over South Carolina due to ‘bad weather’ as experts reveal why plane couldn’t be tracked
September 20, 2023 | 4:25pm“He’s unsure of where his plane crashed, said he just lost it in the weather,” a voice can be heard saying of the pilot on a Emergency Medical Services call.
Kim Jong Un stops to see fighter jet factory as Russia and North Korea are warned off arms deals
September 15, 2023 | 3:34amEarlier Friday, Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti published video showing Kim's train pulling into a station in the far eastern city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur.
Cardboard drones eyed in strikes on Russian airfields that destroyed at least 5 fighter jets
September 1, 2023 | 4:42pmRecent drone strikes in Kursk and Pskov, Russia, destroyed or damaged at least nine planes.
Russian jet damages US drone with flares in latest encounter over Syria
July 25, 2023 | 1:33pmDramatic video shows the Russian aircraft approaching the Reaper drone, coming so close that the American craft's camera captured images of the pilot in the cockpit.
US sends F-16 fighters to Persian Gulf to fend off Iranian ship seizures
July 16, 2023 | 4:48pmMove comes over a week after Iran attempted to seize 2 oil tankers off Oman coast.
Frightening video shows Chinese fighter jet come within 400 feet of US Air Force plane
May 30, 2023 | 9:17pmFrightening footage filmed from the cockpit of a US Air Force plane showed a Chinese fighter jet swerve dangerously close as the pair flew through international airspace over the South...
Pilot forced to eject from stalled fighter jet before crash explosion near military base
May 20, 2023 | 9:54pmThe F-18 jet was training for a flying exhibition when the crash occurred, Spain’s public news agency EFE reported.
Sending F-16s to Ukraine carries 'enormous risks': Russian official
May 20, 2023 | 2:33pmRussian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko's comments came after Biden announced that the US would train Ukrainian pilots on F-16s.
Biden OKs training Ukrainian pilots on F-16s
May 19, 2023 | 2:29pmThe White House would still need to sign off on a third country's request to get the American-made Lockheed-Martin jets to Ukraine.
Russian military jet explodes in midair before crashing into lake
April 27, 2023 | 1:19pmA Russian MiG-31 fighter jet caught on fire and crashed into a lake while conducting a training flight in the country's northern Murmansk region on Wednesday.
Russia drops a bomb on own city in epic wartime fail, injuring 3
April 21, 2023 | 10:04amA Sukhoi-34 supersonic plane accidentally dropped a bomb on the Russian city of Belgorod near the Ukrainian border.