NASA Flies A Large Drone Solo In Public Airspace

NASA has flown a large, remotely piloted aircraft equipped with detect-and-avoid technologies through the national airspace system for the first time without a safety chase plane following it. NASA says Tuesday’s flight over California moves the U.S. closer to normalizing unmanned aircraft operations in airspace used

Heritage Flight to bring airpower to Super Bowl LII

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While many families, friends and football fans gather to watch Super Bowl LII, members of the U.S. Air Force Heritage Flight is scheduled to visit Minnesota to represent the Air Force during the event. The Heritage Flight will perform a flyover, consisting of two A-10C Thunderbolt

Mysterious Experimental Aircraft Emerges From Secrecy

Scaled Composites is known for making some of the most important experimental aircraft in history. Among them are SpaceShipOne and, more recently, the Stratolaunch megaplane that holds the claim as world's largest aircraft by wingspan. Amid all that fanfare, Scale Composites has quietly announced a major

Air Force CV-22 Ospreys Fly In Record Setting Formation

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Air Force Ospreys made history, flying in a large 10-aircraft formation for the first time. On Feb. 3, six CV-22s from the 8th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, FL., and four from the 20th Special Operations Squadron at Cannon AFB, N.M., flew in formation

Stealth Bomber Flyby Is Just As Quiet As You’d Expect

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The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber has been engineered with low observable technology to reduce its radar and infrared signature, making it hard for the enemy to pick up. It's also acoustically stealthy, as you can tell from this recent B-2 flyby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbH4D5IW6eA

Inverted Stunt Plane Battles IndyCar In Extreme Matchup

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Famed aerobatic and air race pilot Kirby Chambliss is so excited about the upcoming Red Bull Air Race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway that he flipped at the chance to compete against IndyCar driver Alexander Rossi. This newest stunt rivals Kirby's antics when he landed on

Twilight Harrier Operations Aboard USS Bataan Are Spectacular

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Watch an AV-8B Harrier with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 223 taxi and launch from the deck of USS Bataan (LHD-5) during Amphibious Squadron 8- 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration Training at sea Sept. 18, 2016. Marines and sailors assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, combined

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