US Air Force Wants to Put Lasers on Fighter Jets By 2021
The US Air Force’s scientific research wing is giving Lockheed Martin $26.3 million “for the design, development, and…
NASA Will Chase the Upcoming Solar Eclipse Using Telescopes Mounted on Jets
Observed from the ground, the total solar eclipse happening on August 21, when the Moon completely blocks your view of…
Why Did This Company Let Me Fly a $2 Million Aircraft?
Somewhere over the Hamptons, the pilot told me to take the controls. To my left, there was a joystick, roughly the same…
Watch the F-16's Autopilot Mode Save an Unconscious Pilot’s Life
The US Air Force has declassified a harrowing video showing the heads-up display of student pilot who passed out during…
Here Are All the Awesome Vertical Landing Jets in History
We all know how badass the Harriers and F-35s of the world are but some of these other vertical take-off and landing…
Don't Let These Horror Stories About Turbulence Keep You From Flying
The internet is filled with butt-clenching stories of horrifying plane turbulence lately. Is dangerously rough air…
Seeing B-2 stealth bombers land is like seeing alien UFOs come to Earth
I forget how impressively thin and futuristic looking a B-2 stealth bomber is. I mean, just watch these two stealth…
Intimidating head on view of an F-16
I wouldn’t want to stand in front of a fighter jet like this or see one in my rear view for fear of soiling my pants.…
Watch a Boeing 787 Dreamliner takeoff almost perpendicular to the ground
Wow. Watch the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner pull off an amazing aerial display in preparation for the 2015 Air Show. You can…
How Ikea Could Change Jet Cockpit Design
Spending the day at Ikea is a fun treat in the best of times, a relationship-destroying nightmare in the worst. For one…
A Homemade Jet-Powered Snowboard Is Maybe Not The Safest Idea
Look, I’m all for extreme sports (and general borderline-stupid shenanigans masquerading as sports). But I think I’d…
The perfection of jet takeoffs from aircraft carriers in one photo
Fighter jets and aircraft carriers and fighter jets taking off of aircraft carriers are some of our favorite things…
Watch a B-2 bomber refuel and then make its fuel receptacle disappear
Damn, that thing really is stealth. This video shows how the B-2 stealth bomber refuels and rotates its fuel receptacle…
The Trillion Dollar F-35 Won't Even Be Able to Shoot Its Gun Until 2019
At this point, it's not even funny how much the Pentagon has screwed up the development of its new stealth fighter jet,…
Taking Photos From Inside Fighter Jets Is the Coolest Job Ever
For all the boring photography jobs out there—weddings, corporate, et cetera—Sergeant Larry Reid Jr. did pretty well to…
Incredibly realistic 3D renders of fighter planes
Anders Lejczak loves airplanes. He's also a great 3D artist capable of capturing every detail of anything from…
Cool video of nine jet fighters flying in perfect formation
Cool video of a diamond formation perfectly executed by four Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrums and five Sukhoi Su-27 Flankers. It…
Man, look how crazy close Blue Angels fighter jets fly together
Absurd. Like seriously. Look at this fleet of Blue Angels fighter jet planes fly in a perfect pattern in a practice…
The World's Fastest Jet-Truck Rockets Through a Sub-:07 Quarter Mile
How do you move three tons of Peterbuilt tractor-trailer more than 1300 feet in less time than it takes to read this…