An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft. Typically, it is the capital ship of a fleet, as it allows a naval force to project air power worldwide without depending on …

On June 9, five U.S. Special Operations Forces commandos died when a U.S. Air Force B-1 bomber mistakenly attacked their position in southern Afghanistan. The accidental bombing comes as the Air Force is trying—with some success—to convince Congress to allow the flying branch to retire all 230 of its remaining …

Iran to send warships to Atlantic in response to US carrier in Gulf. The flotilla will comprise of the new guided missile frigate destroyer escort The presence of US aircraft carriers in the Gulf is a security concern for Iran and its navy has sought to counter that by showing …

The incident began over a drone, and luckily, no one started shooting. In 2013, two Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantoms moved to intercept an MQ-1 drone flying in international airspace near the Iranian border. The two IRIAF fighters were quickly shooed away by two F-22 Raptors who were flying in …

Recently, according to the Pakistan Defense Information Analysis website, Pakistan is looking to Partner with Chengdu in the country’s stealth fighter program known as Project AZM. The network accidentally exposed the model of three single-head stealth fighters named as JF-20, JF-17 and JF-17.6 From the appearance, the JF-17.6 and the …

Boeing and Sikorsky have joined forces to develop the SB-1 DEFIANT for the next generation of military forces. The SB-1 is supposed to answer the Army’s need for a new attack/assault helicopter, as well as the Marine Corps long-range transportation, infiltration and resupply missions. The design will have a cruise …

Dramatic footage of a helicopter partially landing on a mountainside shows the incredible moment a skier was rescued from the French Alps. The adrenaline-inducing video, posted on Facebook by Nicolas Derely, documents the precarious mission to rescue a young man who had injured his knee during a ski trip near the …

Have you ever wanted your own fighter jet? Even better, one with an extra seat to take a friend to Mach 2? If so, Hurry up A U.S.-based used airplane broker is selling a Cold War–era MiG-29UB fighter jet for only $4.65 Million. Jet has less than a thousand hours …

The USS Nimitz UFO incident refers to a 2004 radar-visual encounter of an unidentified flying object by US fighter pilots of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group. Sourced by a CBS affiliate investigative team based in Las Vegas, the report exposes numerous mysterious sightings of AAVs between 10–16 November 2004, which …

A drone attack on a Yemeni government base by the rebel Houthi movement has reportedly killed six soldiers. The location of the attack was reported to be Al Anad Airbase. Geolocation of videos from the attack, however, indicate it happened at Al Anad military base, about 5 km north of …