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Air & Space Magazine

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Live 3-D From Space

Got 3-D glasses? Then watch this

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Storm Coming

It’s hard to remember that hurricanes used to arrive without much warning

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It’s Alive!

Robonaut 2—powered up

A military working dog, assigned to 172nd Cavalry Regiment, wears his doggles, his assigned personal protective equipment to protect his eyes, as a Chinook helicopter takes off, kicking up dust and debris, during an air assault operation, in Parwan province, Afghanistan, May 11, 2010. U.S. Soldiers, of Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 172nd Cavalry Regiment, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team visited a remote village, in Parwan province to conduct a key leader engagement with village elders. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jason Brace/Released)

Dogged by Dust

Helicopter operations in sandy terrain make for ruff going.

 

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Orville Mugs For His Birthday

Orville was born this day in 1871, and in 1939, Roosevelt issued a national proclamation to designate August 19 as National Aviation Day

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Splat! Two Moons over Miami?

A recent paper suggests that early in the history of the Solar System, two sub-moons collided to create Earth’s present-day Moon

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Mile High Militia

Meet the members of the 120th Fighter Squadron, who protect the skies over Colorado.

Apollo astronauts travel to meet U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.

Apollo in Afghanistan

Astronauts travel to Afghanistan to meet U.S. soldiers

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Pan Am Bags a New Generation

At this summer’s Comic-Con, it was the 1960s all over again.

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Yes!

A pair of galaxies line up in cosmic affirmation.

A Northrop YB-49 in flight over desert, probably in the vicinity of Muroc, California.

Are any of Northrop’s “flying wings” from the 1940s still around?

What ever happened to the YB-49 and the XB-35?

Commander Lt. Col. Tim Conklin "throwing snakes."

Conan Knows Best

Who can forget the immortal question posed by the Mongol General in the 1982 classic Conan the Barbarian?

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How’s the Weather?

English pilots looked down to see what’s ahead.

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Wait…What?

The impending retirement of the Lockheed U-2, which began flying for the Central Intelligence Agency in 1956, has been in the news for a while now

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Captive Flying Machine

A WWII training model inspired by an amusement ride.

Coming Extractions

Achieving an aft-wheel pinnacle landing in a CH-47 Chinook helicopter is challenging even before you add enemy fire, darkness, or time pressure

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F-16s Don’t Think You’re Cute

As reported on AOL: “Myrtle Rose, a 75-year-old grandmother of nine and pilot, was intercepted by two F-16 fighter jets over suburban Illinois on Thursday

The evil Red Skull escapes in a flying wing.

Captain America and the Horten Brothers

A Horten H IX V3 look-alike appears alongside Chris Evans in “Captain America”

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Rural Airport Subsidies

How Far Is Too Far?

Tech. Sgt. Bryan Schubert watches a moving satellite dish inside one of the "gollf ball" protective dish covers as it tracks a satellite moving across the northern polar sky Jan. 25 at Detachment 3 on Thule Air Base, Greenland. Thule AB Airmen with two major space missions support Air Force Space Command. Two tenant units contribute to the space mission here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Tolzmann)

Greenlandic Golf

Golf is always winter rules at Thule AFB, Greenland.

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