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News

Trillion-Dollar Jet Has Thirteen Expensive Flaws

The most expensive weapons program in U.S. history is about to get a lot pricier.

October 25, 2011
Software

Jets For iPhone: Find The Best Seat On The Plane

I don’t know when flying turned annoying for me but I absolutely hate it now. Going through security, dealing with checked bag fees and then getting stuck with an annoyingly terrible seat? Gah. Kill me. Jets doesn’t solve most of my air travel woes but it does help me figure out what the best seat on the plane is.

News

Surprise: $US150m F-22 Fighters Are Shut Down Again

Last month, the Pentagon gave the OK to the nation’s fleet of extremely expensive F-22 jets, despite failing to fix the plane’s oxygen deprivation problems. They decided to just see how things went. They didn’t go well: it’s broken again.

October 15, 2011
News

Horrific Crash Of A Chinese Fighter Jet Captured On Video

A Chinese FBC-1 fighter jet plane was performing at an air show until things went horrifically wrong. The fighter jet started spiralling out of control and then plunged straight down, crashing into the ground and exploding on impact.

October 6, 2011
Geek Out

F-18 Pulls Up At The Last Minute To Avoid Smashing Sailors

Aside from a bad can of beans, an F/A-18E jet about to land on top of you is the easiest way to shit your pants in the Navy. Last month these clueless sailors were almost vaporised.

Geek Out

The F-35 Makes Its First Vertical Landing Ever At Sea

The one thing more impressive than the F-35B in the air (when it’s working) is the F-35 hovering in the sky and plopping down onto the ground. Watch it for the first time, ever.

September 16, 2011
Science

This Stealth Jet Might Replace One Of The Most Popular Planes In The World

The C-130′s been around for a long, long time. Korean War old. Propeller old. It’s a hell of a tough old plane, delivering cargo and people reliably around the world, but it’s time to replace it. How ’bout this monster?

August 22, 2011
News

F-15 Escapes As Wildfire Approaches US Air Force Base

At first I thought this F-15SG was escaping from an attack against a US Air Force base in some war zone. Fortunately, the only attack was a 3000-acre fire that affected the Mountain Home AFB in Singapore.

August 18, 2011
News

Jets, iPad Docks, And Other Stories We Didn’t Post

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case.

August 5, 2011
News

America’s Super-Expensive F-35 Fleet Is Grounded (Again)

The Pentagon’s brand-spankin-new fleet of F-35 jets did not come cheap — costing an estimated $US1 trillion to build and operate. So why are they sitting on tarmac instead of patrolling the skies, blowing shit up to defend my freedoms?

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