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Editor’s Note: Twenty-five years after Operation Desert Storm began, there are still amazing stories of bravery and heroism emerging. Major General Johnson, currently the Director, Operational Capability Requirements, Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans and Requirements for the U.S. Air Force. Back then, he was a Hawg Driver who happened to be in the […]
Editor’s Note: We first reported about the liquidation of Antonov’s assets by the government of Ukraine here. Since the announcement, there has been speculation (shocking, we know) the company is still intact and will continue on as it always has. It will be interesting to see what the “truth” ends up being. Since 1946, the […]
Editor’s Note: “Tally” has been an inspiration for most of our female fighter pilot friends. She was the Air Force’s very first female fighter pilot, the first female fighter pilot to graduate from the prestigious Weapons School, the first female fighter pilot to become a WIC instructor, and the first female to command an active-duty fighter […]
Editor’s Note: So sorry, conspiracy theorists! The concrete arrows in question were not placed there by aliens, nor do they denote the direction to the nearest underground city to escape to in the event of the zombie apocalypse. They served a legitimate purpose for many years, and it’s actually a pretty cool story. Read on! Not often […]
Editor’s Note: To a man (or woman), our friends in tactical aviation don’t for an instant consider themselves heroes. They understand their mission is to support combat operations on the ground, and while the threat they face in the air is no less lethal or dangerous, the reverence of these pilots is always directed at the […]
Editor’s Note: While they certainly do not get all the love and attention as their fighter and bomber counterparts, the aircraft contributing to combat operations using non-kinetic effects are just as vital to overall mission success. One such aircraft is the EC-130H “Compass Call,” an airborne tactical weapon system designed to disrupt communications, launch offensive […]
Editor’s Note: There’s no denying the current ops tempo is absolutely crushing both man and machine. Compounding that fact is the age of our fleet. Calling a spade a spade, the median age of our airborne warfighting capability is…old. In this current fiscal climate, it’s going to get worse before it gets better, and one […]
Editor’s Note: The Tupolev Tu-95 Bear, in all of its various configurations, as a very common sight for American and European fighter pilots. It is the bomber type seen most sniffing at the door of various chunks of NATO airspace, and has been around for the past six decades. Much like our own aging fleet […]
Editor’s Note: It’s not a big secret both the sequestration of 2013 and the continuing resolution have had very adverse effects on combat readiness. Hit especially hard have been flying units across all of the services, and one can reasonably conclude not only is readiness being affected, but reduced flying hours and severely cut training budgets […]
Editor’s Note: Antonov has done a fantastic job over the years copying designs, namely the C-5 Galaxy, which became the An-224–with just enough size added to make it the world’s largest aircraft. Later came An-225 Mriya, an absolutely massive aircraft and certainly the world’s largest. It’s a shame the company has been liquidated, but considering the […]
Editors Note: The E-8 Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) made its combat debut 25 years ago during Operation Desert Storm. With its powerful Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and other sensors, the E-8C has proven itself time and time again in a variety of disciplines to combatant commanders. As the airframes age, the time […]
Editor’s Note: All eyes are on Boeing’s KC-46A Pegasus as it continues its journey through flight test. The KC-X program has been wrought with controversy, so the fact it recently conducted its first aerial refueling is a huge step forward. We can only hope things will continue to go smoothly so Air Mobility Command can start […]
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