For God's Sake Don't Ride Your KLR On Train Tracks

Look, we all love to ride where we're not supposed to. It's one of the many joys of the two-wheeled life. But common sense and basic ass preservation dictates that riding on active train tracks is a really bad idea. Here's proof. One KLR rider found out the hard way...

Apr 21, 2025

This Man Flies The USAF's 16-Ton Drone With The Click Of A Mouse

Foxtrot Alpha ventured to Edwards AFB late last spring to catch up with the RQ-4 Global Hawk test team to see how the program was progressing. While there, we also got a unique first-hand account of what it is like to 'fly' an aircraft that essentially flies itself. Meet Major...

Apr 21, 2025

Watch This Lame NATO Flyover As Obama, Cameron & Others Look On

It is always interesting to watch western world leaders take in a military display. Some of them are not big 'military people' and are more known for slashing their combat forces and readiness, not building them up, yet alone maintaining them. This , located at a golf course in Wales,...

Apr 21, 2025

Charter Plane Full Of Americans Ordered To Land In Iran

A contract flight supporting US led operations in Afghanistan was on its way from to Dubai when Iranian air traffic controllers alerted them to turn around and file a correct flight plan. The aircraft did not have the fuel to turn back so it was ordered to land atin the...

Apr 21, 2025

Listen To The Supercharged Fury Of Kawasaki's New Ninja

Kawasaki has been teasing its Ninja H2 in the run-up to the Intermot motorcycle show in Germany later this month. Now we get to hear it, and there's no denying the supercharger whine accompanied by a fiendishly tell-tale chirp. Right now, the smart money is on a blown version of...

Apr 21, 2025

REPORT: Canada Narrows Its Fighter Choice To F-35 & Super Hornet

As Canada's CF-18 Hornet replacement saga continues to limp along, some news is coming out of Ottawa that would pit Boeing's economical and familiar F/A-18 Super Hornet against the stealthy yet expensive F-35 Lightning. Foxtrot Alpha has taken an in-depth look at this complicated issue in Canada's process for selecting...

Apr 21, 2025

Roving Bicycle Mechanics Put NASCAR Pit Crews To Shame

When I was into road bike racing in my teens, sometimes I was more impressed with the support team than the riders. There's an intricate ballet between the guy on the bike, the guys on the motorcycle, and the crew in the car, and now I finally get to see...

Apr 21, 2025

Watch This Syrian MiG-21 Narrowly Miss Obliteration By Cannon Shell

This MiG-21 was filmed under brilliant sunset lighting as it snaked its way through its bombing run. Then, just as it released its payload, an anti-aircraft shell comes streaking by, below the attacking Fishbed. If the pilot saw that supersonic glowing grapfruit rip by his aircraft at such an inopportune...

Apr 21, 2025

​The Highway Fighter Is BMW's R nineT Finally Done Right

BMW handed out a dozen of its new retro R nineT motorcycles to some of the world's top customizers and told them to go to town. The results have been mixed. , , and . And then there's this, the Highway Fighter from . As part of its Custom Project...

Apr 21, 2025

The Navy's Long Overdue Smart & Deadly Patrol Boat Has Arrived

The Navy has been slow to adapt from a Cold War era 'blue water' Navy, focused on fighting set-piece prelude to WWIII engagements on the open ocean, to one where interdiction, territorial security, and special operations are also of a high priority. With this in mind, the Mark VI Patrol...

Apr 21, 2025

The Glory Days Of British Motorcycling

Welcome to , where we highlight classic car reviews or other longer videos I find on YouTube. Kick back and enjoy this blast from the past. When you think about Brits and bikes, you inevitably envision the supposed "golden age" of motorcycle culture in the 50s. Greasers on Nortons and...

Apr 21, 2025

The Coolest Custom Honda Goldwings From The Big Bike's 40 Year Run

2015 is the 40th anniversary of the Honda Gold Wing; a comfortable touring motorcycle that's become one of the best-known brands in biking. Stock 'Wings tend to be ridden by mustaches-and-hawaiian-shirts. But when it comes to customization, few bikes are built in so many distinctly different ways. What's your style?...

Apr 21, 2025

Chinese Students Want To Mate A Motorcycle With A Tank

This illustration of what looks like a motorcycle powering a Rube Goldberg machine is being identified as a patent-render for a vehicle reportedly being cooked up by students at Chang'an University in Xi'an, China. Looks neat, if a little pointless. and seem a little unsure if-and-where anyone would need an...

Apr 21, 2025

This Fighter Pilot Class Grad Video Will Make You Feel Unaccomplished

Euro-NATO's Joint Jet Pilot Training is conducted by the 80th Flying Training Wing primarily located at Sheppard AFB, in Wichita Falls, TX. This joint operation is co-funded and staffed with instructors from participating NATO nations, and is known to build the best multi-national fighter pilots in the world. The class...

Apr 21, 2025

Russia Threatens Closing Their Airspace To U.S. And European Flights

Prime Minister and Putin sidekick, Dmitry Medvedev, said yesterday that Russia may close its airspace to US and European commercial air traffic in response to the threat of harsh new sanctions. Meanwhile, Russian attack aircraft harassed a NATO Frigate in the Black Sea and all sorts of other fun. There...

Apr 21, 2025