Oliver Parken

From fighters to tankers, the Upside-Down Air Force has tested numerous inverted aircraft since the early 1970s.

After three years at the boneyard, a B-1B Lancer, nicknamed Rage, has been resurrected and is flying once more. The re-appearance of the aircraft comes as the Air Force’s B-1B bombers look to be in the twilight of their service career. Aviation photographer Cayden Smith recently pictured B-1B Rage, with the serial number 86-0115, flying at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu took his first flight aboard the country's “Air Force One” VIP aircraft today. The transport brought Netanyahu to Washington, D.C., marking his first trip to the U.S. capitol

Earlier this month, the U.S. Navy experimented for two weeks with uncrewed aerial systems and drone boats which could be used for launching swarming electronic warfare attacks, and more, in future conflicts. Dubbed Silent Swarm 2024, the event was designed to test early-stage electronic spectrum technology offerings from industry.

Things can go very wrong very fast in helicopters and sometimes there just aren't many options to safely mitigate the issue. This was especially true during the early days of the rotary-wing boom. In the face of growing concerns over helicopter-related fatalities and injuries, the U.S. Navy worked on a unique escape module system in the 1960s which was designed to save the lives of as many individuals as possible by literally severing the helicopter in half.

Things can go very wrong very fast in helicopters and sometimes there just aren’t many options to safely mitigate the issue. In the face of growing concerns over helicopter-related fatalities and injuries, the U.S. Navy worked on a unique escape module system in the 1960s which was designed to save the lives of as many individuals as possible by literally severing the helicopter in half. The short clip below, which depicts a test of the system conducted by the Navy in 1966, gives a good depiction of what the novel escape module system was all about.

During World War II, the British laid down underwater pipelines stretching across the English Channel to France. Operation PLUTO – an acronym for “Pipe Lines Under the Ocean” or, as it's also been described, “Pipeline Underwater Transportation of Oil” – was designed to supply fuel from England and the Isle of White in support of the Allied invasion of Normandy.

A fire that recently broke out onboard the medium icebreaker USCGC Healy has forced the vessel to abandon its annual summer Arctic patrol.

Video footage recently posted online shows the efforts of one individual in creating a highly immersive tank operating experience for online war gaming. The tank simulator, seen below, even ‘fires' soda bottle shells in lieu of real ones.

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