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The UK's $3.7B flagship aircraft carrier caught fire in another embarrassing incident for the Royal Navy
The fire broke out on HMS Queen Elizabeth while it was docked for repairs at Glen Mallan on Loch Lo…
Rebecca Rommen
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A New Mexico-based company that flies firefighting aircraft dropped a record-setting 12 million pounds of retardant during the busy fire season
10 Tanker Air Carrier DC-10Austin Beede
Taylor Rains
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Washington firefighting crews are sick of people flying drones above wildfires and throwing off their operations
A Washington Department of Natural Resources communications manager said drones have become a frequ…
Chris Panella
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China tests new version of world's largest amphibious aircraft as US interest in sea-going planes grows
Few militaries still use amphibious aircraft, but the US is reexamining that capability as it shift…
Christopher Woody
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British Columbia firefighters had to call off an aerial attack on the province's biggest wildfire because people were flying drones nearby
The British Columbia wildfire service took to Twitter to remind people that flying drones in a wild…
Michael Goodman
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How the $30 million "Super Scooper" CL-415EAF plane was built to fight wildfires
We went inside the Super Scooper to learn how it fights forest fires from the sky and to see how ae…
Clayton Dyer,Graham Flanagan
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How aerial firefighters are trained to fight forest fires
We spent three days with Bridger Aerospace, where pilots trained in the company's signature firefig…
Clayton Dyer,Graham Flanagan
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New videos from a sailor show 'horrible' polluted drinking water on a US Navy aircraft carrier
Videos obtained by Insider show gray, murky water gurgling from the Lincoln's drinking fountains, w…
Jake Epstein
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The US Air Force's special operators are hustling to turn their biggest planes into flying boats
Aircraft that can operate on land and sea create "even more complex dilemmas" for rivals, a US Air …
Christopher Woody
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US Special Operations Command has big plans for its new fleet of small attack planes
SOCOM has narrowed the competition to five aircraft that could provide armed overwatch for special …
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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How NATO firefighters practice putting out burning fighter jets
"We have students from all of the world coming to train," said Staff Sgt. Robert Wellborn, 435th CT…
Airman 1st Class Taylor Slater, US Air Force
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This A-10 pilot repeatedly drew fire away from rescue helicopters during an intense firefight 10 years ago. He finally received an award for it.
His heroic actions were part of what one Air Force officer called "one of the most intense combat r…
Ryan Pickrell
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These 3 inventions make it possible for firefighters to extinguish fires without getting close to the flames
Foam fire-suppression system. This foam fire-suppression system stops fire in under five minutes. T…
Jasmine Kim,Adrian Traviezo,Adrian Traviezo
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The US bombed an Afghan Army base, killing 5 soldiers in a friendly firefight that lasted for hours
The soldiers at the checkpoint targeted the patrol with small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenad…
Ryan Pickrell
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Russia's famously bad Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier burst into flames during repair work, injuring at least 5 people
Five people are injured, three are unaccounted for, and six were saved from the Admiral Kuznetsov, …
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
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A company with experts from SpaceX and Boeing has a new automated flight system that it claims will allow anyone to learn how to fly a non-commercial aircraft in 30 minutes
FlightOS can be used in any aircraft, Skyryse said, and the company claims the system will allow pe…
Brittany Chang
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18 killed as plane crashes during takeoff at Nepal's Kathmandu airport
The crash took place when the aircraft veered off the runway and burst into flames.
PTI
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Nepal just suffered another fatal plane crash. Its aviation safety record is so poor that all its airlines are banned from flying to most of Europe.
A Saurya Airlines flight due to travel to Pokhara crashed during takeoff in Kathmandu, killing 18 o…
Nora Redmond
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This is the conflict-ridden, tension-filled world that the next US president may have to face
Trump or Harris will likely face challenges in the Indo-Pacific and Middle East, as well as the ong…
Chris Panella
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2 navy helicopters were seen colliding in midair during a military parade rehearsal, killing 10 people
The two Malaysian helicopters were filmed colliding with each other, with one having its rotor blad…