After putting in his two weeks notice earlier this month, today is Pope Benedict XVI's last day in office. Is he leaving the Vatican in a Popemobile? No way, he's taking to the sky.

Russia, where tanks stroll on the beach and fighter jets overtake cars, now can add a highway-buzzing helicopter to its list of intermingling military/civilian transportation events.

A convicted murderer with the best bros in the world is back behind bars after making a daring escape from a high-security Russian prison earlier today.

The F-22 may have not been a resounding success, but this video gives a good idea of the power of the US Air Force, complete with some pseudo-Wagner(ish) music that makes me want to invade Poland

Last April, wildfires engulfed 200,000 acres of woods and 150 homes at Possum Kingdom Lake, Texas. This spectacular video shows the biggest guns of the Forest Service fighting against the uncontrollable flames.

US Special Forces lost a helicopter in their mission to take down Osama bin Laden. And while previous reports—and a peek at the tail—have so far indicated that it was a Black Hawk MH-60, the latest speculation is that this wasn't just your average berzerker chopper. It was a secret stealth edition. No wonder they…

Everyone wants to know exactly how the take-out-bin-Laden-operation went down. Part of what we know for sure is that badass Navy SEALs did the shooting, and were carried to the site by another elite team—the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, or SOAR (aka the "Night Stalkers"). The bird of choice appears to have …

As Japan struggles to control the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, radiation has made the work dangerous to workers for even brief periods. Imagine if a drone helicopter could precisely drop water or chemicals on the reactors. One can.