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Editor’s Note: While it’s highly unlikely such a thing would come to pass, we cannot help but salivate at the notion of more Lockheed-Martin F-22A Raptors entering service with the United States Air Force. Because of the drastically reduced number of F-22s than originally intended and the reduced F-35 buy in FY 2017, the Air […]
Editor’s Note: Once again, this 500-person shortage comes as no great surprise. We have talked at great length in the past about how the Air Force and all of its components are hemorrhaging talent, and the reasons for that exodus. Fighter Pilot culture has become watered-down and stripped of many things which historically made it […]
Editor’s Note: China continues to pursue its goal of dominating the maritime battlespace in the South China Sea, embodied by the construction of a second, more sophisticated aircraft carrier. The updated design should allow the ship to carry more fighters, an airborne early-warning and control platform, an anti-submarine warfare platform, and several helicopters. “The Chinese […]
Editor’s Note: Another entry for our ever-growing, color-us-shocked file. While the U.S. has repeatedly shown its ability to dominate the battlespace in the current COIN (COunter INsurgency) fight with the likes of Daesh, al Qaeda, et al, Air Force senior leadership is deeply concerned about our readiness to face a near-peer-level fight in an Anti-Access/Area-Denial […]
Editor’s Note: As we’d previously noted, Pakistan’s desire to upgrade its fleet of Block 52 F-16s has been approved by the State Department’s DSCA, but the Senate became a battleground over the deal. Pakistan has been operating the Block 52+ F-16 for several years, as well as a number of Vipers which are older and in […]
Editor’s Note: We’ve spoken of Gaddafi’s SAMs before, and the fantastic work performed by Wild Weasels to defeat them during Operation Odyssey Dawn and Operation Unified Protector. Not surprisingly, since Qaddafi’s execution at the hands of rebels, Libya has fallen into a state of utter lawlessness. Daesh is now the strong hand stirring the pot, […]
Editor’s Note: It appears elements of the Free Syrian Army have shot down a Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) MiG-21 Fishbed yesterday. While there is some debate over which system downed the jet–either MANPADS or Triple-A, news outlets have reported one pilot was able to eject and was recovered by Pro-Assad forces. The other pilot […]
Editor’s Note: The F-22A Raptor is the world’s most feared combat aircraft, and the world’s only operational 5th-Generation fighter. Tyson Wetzel has previously discussed how this magnificent fighter has matured in the ten years since reaching IOC. And while it has seen its share of problems, and has more than its fair share of critics, […]
Editor’s Note: On 4 December 2011, a Lockheed-Martin RQ-170 Sentinel drone was brought down over northeastern Iran, presumably by the cyberwarfare unit of the Iranian government. In the last four years, the government has been meticulously dissecting and reverse-engineering the craft and now, according to their state media outlets, they have “improved” and armed the […]
Editor’s Note: We’ve already seen Israel balking at the idea of F-15s being sold to Qatar, but General Lloyd Austin, chief of United States Central Command, is in favor of both Boeing and Lockheed-Martin selling their latest variants of fourth-generation aircraft to partner nations in the Persian Gulf region. Complicating matters are the Iranian nuclear […]
Editor’s Note: Lieutenant General Christopher Bogdan is the head of the F-35 Joint Program Office. Better than anyone else, he knows and understands all of the challenges the program has faced–and continues to. Arguably the biggest takeaway for industry is this one: when it comes time to build the next generation of air dominance, do […]
Editor’s Note: Started in June of 1943 by Ben Rich and Kelly Johnson, the Skunk Works is responsible for some of the most innovative designs in the history of flight: the U-2 Dragon Lady, the SR-71, F-117A, F-22 Raptor, and the F-35 Lightning II. Even the RQ-170 Sentinel RPA. Better know as the Advanced Development […]
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