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This May Be the Aston Martin F1 Car's Handsomely Green Livery
Mar 3, 2021 8:59 AM
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General Motors Patents the In-Car Foot Massager We’ve Always Deserved
Mar 3, 2021 4:59 AM
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Infiniti Killjoys Scrap Plans for a Formula 1 Inspired, 563-Horsepower Hybrid Coupe
Mar 3, 2021 1:21 AM
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Is CHAdeMO EV Charging on Its Way Out? Here's What You Should Know
Mar 2, 2021 5:28 PM
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What Features Are We Still Missing From Our Cars?
Mar 2, 2021 4:45 PM
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Don't Knock This Four-Door Chevy Corvette C3 Until You Buy It
Mar 2, 2021 3:59 PM
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At Least 13 Dead After Ford Expedition Carrying 27 Passengers Collides with Semi Truck [Updated]
Mar 2, 2021 2:56 PM
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The New Ford Bronco Looks Absolutely Killer With Barely Any Body Panels
Mar 2, 2021 2:23 PM
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Beautiful 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 Is Going to Fetch at Least Like $10 at Barrett-Jackson
Mar 2, 2021 12:40 PM
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This $435K Gold-Plated and Slammed Nissan GT-R Might Be the Worst Car on Earth
Mar 2, 2021 11:17 AM
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Mar 2, 2021
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F-15E Strike Eagles May Have Yet Another Role: Smart Bomb Transporter
The plan isn’t for the jet to drop a full load of smart bombs on enemy targets, but to carry its own reloads and spare bombs for stealth jets.
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Thomas Newdick
Mar 1, 2021
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The Air Force Is Having To Reverse Engineer Parts Of Its Own Stealth Bomber
Twenty-one years after the last Spirit was delivered, the Air Force is working out how to build the exotic spare parts the bomber requires.
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Thomas Newdick
Feb 26, 2021
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F/A-18 Legacy Hornets Have Left The Navy’s Carrier Decks For The Last Time
U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18C Hornets returned home after the type’s final carrier deployment aboard USS
Nimitz
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Thomas Newdick
Feb 25, 2021
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Mirage F1 Aggressor Jet Crash Lands At Tyndall Air Force Base (Updated)
Details are still emerging about an incident involving a contracted “red air” adversary jet at the sprawling Florida base.
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Thomas Newdick
Feb 24, 2021
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Check Out The Mystery Drone Model On The Desk Of This General Atomics Executive
This model, and another we could identify, provide a tantalizing glimpse into the company’s work on high-tech combat drones.
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Thomas Newdick
Feb 24, 2021
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Iran’s Latest Indigenous Drone Is A Predator Lookalike
The appearance of the new drone follows longstanding Iranian claims of having captured one of the U.S.-made Predators.
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Thomas Newdick
Feb 23, 2021
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The First F-15EX Fighter Jet Has Now Flown In Its Air Force Colors
The aircraft is slated to be one of the first two F-15EXs to be handed over to the Air Force for test work in the coming months.
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Thomas Newdick
Feb 23, 2021
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Laser Defense Pod For The Air Force's Fighter Jets Is Finally Taking Shape
The much-delayed SHiELD program is finally coming together, with official plans to deliver the finished demonstrator pod later this year.
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Thomas Newdick
Feb 22, 2021
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Russia Provides A Glimpse Of Its Orion Drone Executing Combat Trials In Syria
The Orion drone, now said to be in production for Russia, is seen releasing both apparent guided munitions and dumb bombs.
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Thomas Newdick
Feb 22, 2021
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It’s Official: KC-46 Tankers And More F-35s For Israel, But No Advanced F-15s For Now
Assisted by U.S. financing, the Israeli Air Force will boost its stealth fleet and overhaul its tanker and rotary-lift capabilities.
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Thomas Newdick
Feb 19, 2021
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Airbus C295 Transport Testbed Emerges Loaded With Turkish Guided Bombs
Photos of the bomb-laden transport prove the flight-test campaign for the mini-gunship is gathering pace.
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Thomas Newdick
Feb 19, 2021
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There Were Doomsday Ships Ready To Ride Out Nuclear Armageddon Before There Were Doomsday Planes
Had nuclear war broken out, three different presidents could have sought refuge aboard the Navy’s unique ‘Floating White Houses.’
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Thomas Newdick
Feb 18, 2021
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New Docs Show 1983 NATO Exercise Led To The Soviets Arming 100 Jets For Nuclear War
Newly released 1983 ‘War Scare’ documents reveal alarming details of the Soviet nuclear attack preparations.
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Thomas Newdick
Feb 18, 2021
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Air Force Boss Wants Clean-Sheet Fighter That’s Less Advanced Than F-35 To Replace F-16
With a “son of F-16” under study, the Air Force's original procurement plan for the F-35 is looking increasingly precarious.
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Thomas Newdick
Feb 17, 2021
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Russia Claims Its Su-57 Felon Fighter Has Been Testing A New Hypersonic Missile
Unverified statements suggest Russia is working on an all-new hypersonic air-to-ground missile.
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Thomas Newdick
Feb 16, 2021
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Air Force F-35 Stealth Fighters Are Now Operating From Guam’s Austere Airfield
The drills brought F-35s and F-16s to a jungle-encircled airstrip and are likely a glimpse into the future of tactical jet operations in the Pacific.
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Thomas Newdick
Feb 15, 2021
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Take A Rare Look Inside Russia’s Doomsday Ballistic Missile Warning System
As Russia’s early warning network marks 50 years of service, one of its satellite control centers opened its doors.
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Thomas Newdick
Feb 15, 2021
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All You Need To Know About Italy’s F-35 Carrier That Just Arrived In The US
The Italian Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier is about to begin operations with the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter off the U.S. East Coast.
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Thomas Newdick
Feb 12, 2021
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Russia's New Helicopter-Transportable Armored Buggy Looks Like A Plague Doctor Mobile
Russia wants an armored, mine resistant truck that can be easily airlifted. Apparently, this thing is what they came up with.
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Thomas Newdick
Feb 12, 2021
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There’s One Place In The World Where AC-47 Spooky Gunships Still Fly
Veterans of the country’s counterinsurgency campaigns, the Colombian Air Force’s antique Fantasma gunships are still going strong.
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Thomas Newdick
Feb 11, 2021
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The Iconic Learjet Will Come To An End After Six Decades Of Defining Private Air Travel
Time is up for the classic bizjet as Bombardier announces the end of Learjet production at its Wichita plant.
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Thomas Newdick
Feb 11, 2021
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A Group Of Israelis Secretly Built And Tested Suicide Drones For An Unknown Asian Customer
The Israeli Police and state security service have been investigating a clandestine plan to illegally export the loitering munitions.
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Thomas Newdick
Feb 10, 2021
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The Oddly Shaped USS Grayback Was A Cold War Submarine Like No Other
The remarkable sub's story includes launching fighter-sized cruise missiles, attempting to rescue Vietnam War PoWs, and getting painted bright orange.
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Thomas Newdick
Feb 10, 2021
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Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Strike Airliner In New Drone Attack On Saudi Airport
The attack on the airport came less than a week after the U.S. stopped aiding the Saudi-led campaign against the Yemeni rebels.
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Thomas Newdick
Feb 9, 2021
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Russia Bolsters Its Arctic Defenses With MiG-31 Interceptor Rotation In The Far North
The airbase at Rogachevo has begun hosting Foxhound interceptors, and similar deployments are now planned elsewhere in the region.
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