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May 3, 2016

Veterans, active duty military, tap social media network for support

Since its launch in 2012, the RallyPoint social forum has become an online community, sounding board, and professional guide for over 500,000 veterans and active duty men and women serving in the military.

May 3, 2016

High-tech US hardware can minimize the risk of pilot capture in ISIS air war

The horrific killing of captured Jordanian Air Force Lieutenant Muath al-Kaseasbeh by Islamic State militants has highlighted the risks coalition pilots face as they fly combat missions against ISIS positions in Iraq and Syria.聽

May 3, 2016

Cold War bomber technology still playing key role

Photographs of NATO fighter jets monitoring Russian military aircraft as they approached the airspace of NATO countries in recent months revealed more than just President Putin flexing his muscles in response to sanctions against Russia for its support of Ukrainian separatist rebels. They also indicate that Russian bomber technology from the 1950s was built to last, perhaps for far longer than many anticipated.聽

May 3, 2016

F-35 fighter jet tested in extreme weather conditions

Solar radiation, freezing rain, dense fog: The next-generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighter warplane can withstand all that and more, according to U.S.

May 3, 2016

War Games: A look back at some of the most popular innovations of 2014

What do cyborgs, thought-controlled planes, peacock shrimp armor, sharpshooting, and the 鈥淚nterstellar鈥� spacecraft all have in common? These were all your favorites that we covered in 2014. Here鈥檚 a look back at the most popular innovations.

May 3, 2016

Military innovations: X-Planes, jumbo jet war machines, 'digital quarterbacks'

Despite cutbacks, the defense industry continued to produce innovative military planes in 2014. Here鈥檚 a look back at three aircraft innovations readers鈥� found very promising 鈥� the Navy鈥檚 latest flying 鈥榙igital quarterback,鈥� the hybrid X plane, and jumbo jets being adapted as war machines.

May 3, 2016

3 cool new military helicopters, plus an amped up Apache

2014 was a year that yielded many of advances in military aviation. Here is a look back at the public debut of three exciting new helicopters as well as the U.S. Army鈥檚 reveal of breakthrough tech for a tried and true favorite, the Apache.

May 2, 2016

Air Force UFO files hit the Web

From eyewitness accounts of 鈥渢rails of light鈥� streaking across the sky to sightings of flying saucers, now amateur Mulder and Scullys alike can see if the truth really is out there by poring over almost 130,000 pages of declassified UFO documents that are now available online, reports MilitaryTimes.com. After spending decades filing Freedom of Information Act requests, John Greenewald, a UFO enthusiast, posted declassified records from Project Blue Book -- the U.S. Air Force鈥檚 records on alleged UFO and extraterrestrial sightings 鈥� on an online database.

April 4, 2016

History of remote weapons in pictures

For centuries there have been attempts to develop weapons that could be remotely controlled. Here is a look at some of these attempts from the past 100 years.

March 24, 2016

Could you name the new most lethal stealth bomber in the world?

Calling all U.S. Airmen 鈥� do you have what it takes to name the military鈥檚 next stealth bomber?