A Chinese admiral was pontificating about sinking American aircraft carriers in the open ocean. Speaking at a military conference in the Chinese city of Shenzhen on December 20, Rear Adm. Lou Yuan boldly asserted that China’s anti-ship missiles could sink a U.S. carrier as easy as a snake could swallow …

For the very first time, NASA has captured the shockwaves of two supersonic jets interacting in mid-flight, and the result is so brilliant, even the researchers are amazed. Using newly upgraded air-to-air photographic technology that took 10 years to develop, NASA’s ethereal images show for the first time the interaction …

United States Senator Martha McSally, the first female Air Force fighter pilot to fly in combat, said on Wednesday that she had been raped by a superior officer, and later, when she tried to talk about it to military officials, she “felt like the system was raping me all over …

A Caribbean Airlines aircraft crashed into the terminal building at the Piarco International Airport on Wednesday night causing extensive damage. According to CAL, at approximately 11:15 p.m. the ATR-72 aircraft, 9Y-TTA, was being taxied from the ramp at the Piarco International Airport to an aircraft hangar when it came into …

High-resolution satellite images reviewed by Reuters show that a religious school run by Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in northeastern Pakistan appears to be still standing days after India claimed its warplanes had hit the group’s training camp on the site and killed a large number of militants. The images produced by Planet …

Yesterday, Russian MoD released a clip showing a Flanker approaching a high-flying RC-135 somewhere over the Baltic Sea. Interesting, even though it does not show anything nefarious. Russian means of controlling the airspace over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea detected an air target approaching the state border of …

In the early 1970s, Boeing conducted a study under a contract from the USAF for an airborne aircraft carrier for up to 10 Boeing Model 985-121 “micro fighters”, with the ability to launch, retrieve, re-arm, and refuel the micro fighters. Boeing believed that the scheme would be able to deliver …

The U.S. military has deployed its most advanced air and missile defense system to Israel for the first time, the U.S. and Israeli military officials said on Monday. The deployment comes as both countries have been especially critical of Iran’s ballistic missile programs, but also reflects a contingency plan that …

Satellite images appear to show that North Korea has begun rebuilding a portion of a facility previously used to test long-range missile engines, analysts said Tuesday, raising potential questions about the future of US-North Korea negotiations. The Center for Strategic Studies’ Beyond Parallel project and 38 North, both respected North …

Today we will share with you an Unknown Story of the SR-71 Blackbird that was saved by a Tanker after a Double-Engine Flameout over Northern Laos Col. David P. Dempster recalls in Richard H. Graham’s book SR-71 Blackbird Stories, Tales and Legends:   on 19 April 1968, *Jim Watkins and …