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A Nebraska Car Museum Is Selling Dozens of Classic Chevys at No Reserve
May 3, 2021 5:25 PM
It Sure Looks Like Nissan Has Finally Killed the 370Z
May 3, 2021 2:31 PM
Join The Drive As We Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Voices In Car Culture This May
May 3, 2021 2:15 PM
Armored Truck Driver’s Crazy Escape From a Highway Heist Is Straight Out of an Action Movie
May 3, 2021 12:48 PM
Ecuador's Downhill Soapbox Street Racing Is Verifiably Bananas
May 3, 2021 11:30 AM
Watch the New Nissan Z Hit the Streets of Nashville on Its Way to Cars and Coffee
May 3, 2021 10:45 AM
FCA Salesman Charged With Handing Out $8.7M in Fraudulent Employee Discounts
May 2, 2021 6:22 PM
Toyota’s Hydrogen-Powered Engine Sounds Pretty Damn Good
May 2, 2021 3:38 PM
Get Ready for a Gas Shortage This Summer as Supply Chain Woes Hit the Pumps
May 2, 2021 1:31 PM
This $12M Montana Mansion With a 50-Car Garage Is an Enthusiast's Dream House
May 2, 2021 11:30 AM
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By Thomas Newdick May 3, 2021

F-16s Are Now Getting Washed By Robots

This is the first demonstration of an automated cleaning process that saves large amounts of labor and could become standard across the Air Force.
By Thomas Newdick May 3, 2021

British F-35Bs Will Soon Fly Middle East Combat Missions From HMS Queen Elizabeth

The British and American stealth fighters are teaming up for the biggest carrier-based F-35 deployment ever.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 30, 2021

Trucks Get Parked Over Air Force Nuclear Missile Silos During Tests… Just In Case

It may seem bizarre and even redundant, but the semi-truck barrier serves as the very last safety precaution against an accidental launch.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 30, 2021

Top Aces’ Aggressor A-4s Are Now The World’s Most Advanced Skyhawks

Fitted with advanced sensors including AESA radars, the contractor-operated jets will put the German military to the test.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 29, 2021

Remembering The Time Grumman Helped Craft A Modern Fighter For China

The brief thaw in America’s relations with China in the 1980s yielded this surprising hybrid fighter program led by Grumman.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 29, 2021

Russian Cruise Missile Spins Out Of Control Before Crashing Into Sea Near Launching Destroyer

Weapons trials for the newly modernized Udaloy class destroyer didn’t go entirely to plan.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 28, 2021

F-15E Strike Eagle Smart-Bomb Transports Are Hauling Munitions Around The Middle East

For the first time, the Air Force’s F-15Es have worked as weapons transports, delivering guided bombs to forward operating locations.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 27, 2021

Royal Navy Is Painting Its Patrol Boats In WWI-Style Dazzle Camouflage

HMS Tamar has received an iconic coat of paint for its upcoming long-duration mission to the Asia-Pacific region.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 27, 2021

Iran's Used Its Wacky Catamaran To Cut Off U.S. Coast Guard Ships In The Persian Gulf

One of Iran's oddest ships was used to torment U.S. Coast Guard crews operating in the Persian Gulf.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 26, 2021

Check Out This Stunning Photo Of The Qatari-British Typhoon Squadron In Action

The unique unit has brought the Royal Air Force and Qatari Emiri Air Force together in order to teach the Qataris to master their new Typhoons.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 23, 2021

The Mighty Boeing 747 Supertanker May Have Fought Its Last Fire

The heavyweight champion of aerial firefighting has ceased operations and is now up for sale.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 23, 2021

This Tiny Drone Boat Is Being Tested During The Navy's Big Manned-Unmanned Teaming Experiment

The micro-drone boat has been seen operating alongside warships as a part of large-scale maneuvers combining manned and unmanned vessels.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 22, 2021

Syrian Surface-To-Air Missile Flew Way Off Course Triggering Alarms Before Exploding Over Israel

Yet another Soviet-era Syrian SAM made the long journey to nowhere.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 21, 2021

The Sound Of This Nighttime Suicide Drone Strike Is Absolutely Terrifying

The screaming sound of the Harop as it dives onto its target under the cover of darkness is chilling to the bone.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 21, 2021

The Search Is On For A Missing Indonesian Navy Submarine

Indonesian Navy vessels and other specialist ships are joining the search for the West German-built submarine Nanggala.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 20, 2021

The Royal Air Force Just Can’t Get Enough Of The Chinook With 14 New Orders

With 60 examples of the heavy-lift helicopter in use, the U.K. already is the world’s second biggest Chinook operator.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 20, 2021

Put Bombers Back On Nuclear Alert If ICBM Force Gets Slashed: Strategic Command Boss

American bombers haven't stood nuclear alert for decades, but that could change if the Minuteman III ICBM fleet gets retired without replacement.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 19, 2021

Japan-Based USAF F-16s Flew South China Sea Mission Fully Loaded With Live Air-To-Air Missiles

Flying far from their home in Japan, the four F-16s, each armed with six missiles, executed operations in one of the tensest areas of the planet.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 19, 2021

One Small Leap For A Drone Helicopter On Mars, One Giant Step For Mankind

Delivered by the Perseverance Rover, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter drone is the first aircraft to make a powered, lift-borne flight on another planet.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 16, 2021

Project FoX Brings Tablet-Based Apps To F-35 Stealth Fighter Cockpits

The new initiative envisages an air combat 'app store' that has software for all types of uses that can run on a tablet in the cockpit.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 16, 2021

Fire Ravaged USS Bonhomme Richard Starts Its Death March To The Scrapper

Gutted by a fire last summer, the amphibious assault ship has been decommissioned and is making the long trip to the scrapyard.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 15, 2021

Watch Two French Submarine Halves Get Grafted Together In A Remarkable Repair Job

After being seriously damaged in a blaze last year, a French nuclear-powered attack submarine is being reborn.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 15, 2021

Turkish F-16 Knocks Down Target Drone With New Indigenous Air-To-Air Missile

The test of Turkey’s first domestically designed air-to-air missile reflects the country’s increasing ability to produce more advanced weaponry.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 14, 2021

Targeting Pods Are Being Tested On Air National Guard C-130 Hercules Transports (Updated)

Adding the proven Litening advanced targeting pod to the C-130H could help give the aging airlifters a new lease of life.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 13, 2021

Ex-Disney Employees Helped The Thunderbirds Create Their New Shortened Air Show Routine

For the first time in four decades, the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds demo team has completely rewritten its display program.