This Throwback F-14 Demo Video Will Bring Tomcat Lovers To Tears

This is one awesome air show video showcasing what the F-14D could do performance-wise. Not all Tomcat demos were created equal, and this one was very aggressive with even a nice flare release towards the end. The final Tomcat demonstration was flown on September 18th, 2005. A year later the...

Apr 20, 2025

These Are The Wild Radar Ships That Make Missile Defense Possible

America's complex and costly ballistic missile defense programs , and although land based interceptor launch sites or AEGIS equipped Navy ships get the spotlight, few know of the small fleet of highly specialized sensor ships that have made this controversial technology possible. Whether the focus of a test is shorter...

Apr 20, 2025

President Forgets To Salute Marine One Guard, Makes It Right

No matter what your politics are, there is little doubt that the job of President is a pretty tough gig. It appears President Obama had a lot on his mind on May 29th as he forgot the customary salute to the Marine guard in full dress uniform before boarding VH-3D...

Apr 20, 2025

IMI's Combat Guard May Be The Most Extreme Armored 4X4 Ever Built

Israeli Military Industries might have created the most extreme wheeled armored vehicle ever with their unveiling of the Combat Guard. This baby packs 54-inch tires, close to three feet of ground clearance, weighs eight tons and can go just about anywhere. Think rock crawler meets meets in Halo. My recent...

Apr 20, 2025

US Soldier's Dated Rant To Iraqi Police More Relevant Than Ever?

This video seems to be shot around 2008 and it depicts a US Soldier verbally unloading on an Iraqi Police Force unit. Many of the same issues he brings up have only been magnified since the US military left Iraq. What do you think, is this guy giving the Iraqi...

Apr 20, 2025

Harrier Has Stuck Nose Gear, Lands On A Stool, Pilot Is Awesome

They say Harrier pilots are some of the best in the world as the aircraft is notoriously hard to handle in hover. This video is further proof that this statement is true. Talk about nailing it! Note to Lockheed Martin: Build custom nose stool for the After years of passing...

Apr 20, 2025

US Air Force's F-22s & F-15s Just Battled One Of Their Most Feared Foes

In what was one of the most outrageous Dissimilar Air Combat Training (DACT) opportunities of the decade, and the first time the F-22 Raptor made a SE Asia international exercise appearance, Cope Taufan brought the US and Malaysian air arms closer together in a wonderfully aggressive manner. Cope Taufan is...

Apr 20, 2025

Fly Along With The "Bats" & Their Hornets Over The Aussie Outback

Marine all-weather fighter attack squadron took their missionized F/A-18Ds south from their home base in Japan to drop bombs and spar over the Australian Outback. This video is a little taste of what one such training mission was like. Seeing as the Bats are a forward deployed multi-role fighter squadron,...

Apr 20, 2025

Go Canyon Flying In An F-15E Strike Eagle!

Low-level cockpit videos shot from inside F-15E Strike Eagles are surprisingly rare considering that the "Mud Hen" was designed to fly low-level interdiction missions, but the two featured below are quite exhilarating. The F-15E, like its F-111 Aardvark predecessor, can be flown at low-level, in the dead of night, without...

Apr 20, 2025

The F-16 Gun Pod That Tried To Shoot Down The A-10 Warthog

The . Part of this effort saw the A-10's huge GAU-8 Avenger 30mm cannon shrunk down into a pod that could be carried by sexier fighters, primarily the F-16. The results of which were far from impressive... By the middle of the 1980s the USAF was obsessed with getting rid...

Apr 20, 2025

Confessions Of A US Navy P-3 Orion Maritime Patrol Pilot

Have you ever wondered what it is like to chase enemy subs from the air or to hunt pirates off the coast of Somalia? Foxtrot Alpha gives you an unprecedented look into the world of a US Navy Maritime Patrol pilot, a job that continues to change and evolve as...

Apr 20, 2025

British Tank Museum Is Full Of Terrifying Antique Armor

Steve Lehto takes us on a tour of The British Tank Museum in Bovington, a place full of the deadliest armor from WWII and as far back as the turn of the century. ...

Apr 20, 2025

This Secretive Island Has Fake City For Navy SEALs To Train On

Navy SEALs are known for their incredible abilities to sneak into well guarded places undetected and taking down enemy threats with incredible violence of action. One of the places they practice such capabilities is in a custom built city located on a secretive wind-swept island off the California coast. *All...

Apr 20, 2025

The Revolutionary War: By The Numbers

As we celebrate the 4th of July let's take a moment to reflect on the enormous cost, in lives and treasure, that it took us to earn our independence. Image credit via AP, for additional metrics please click , , and . ...

Apr 20, 2025

A Drone Shows You Fireworks Like You've Never Seen Them

From tactical to practical, unmanned aircraft systems are becoming a more constant presence in our everyday lives, and one of the reasons for this is that they are expendable to varying degrees. Flying a camera equipped drone through a barrage of fireworks is just another indication of this, albeit a...

Apr 20, 2025