Category: Air Force

After several years of removing C-5s from active service the Air Force wants to reverse the trend and increase the number of Galaxy aircraft. A few years ago, the size of the fleet was more than 100 aircraft; today, it’s half of that, according to Gen. Carlton Everhart, the head of Air Mobility Command. Over […]

The US conducted a joint exercise Monday with the Republic of Korea (ROK) flying a number of B-1 Lancer bombers near the demilitarized zone that separates South Korea from North Korea. A spokesperson for the ROK military confirmed the exercise but did not disclosure the number of B-1 aircraft that participated. North Korea lambasted the […]

Captivating photo of  a F-22 Raptor pilot climbing into the cockpit of this amazing 5th generation fighter aircraft getting ready to take off from Ämari Air Base, Estonia. Now a NATO member, Estonia was once part of the infamous Warsaw Pact from 1955–1991 during the height of the Soviet Union’s power. The air base used to host […]

For the first time in history the U-2 spy plane participated in exercise Northern Edge 17. Northern Edge is a joint exercise held in Alaska at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson with approximately 6000 military service members and 200 aircraft. The two-week exercise was utilized by the 9th Reconnaissance Wing to test new experimental technology on the U-2. […]

Discussion of the Air Force retiring the famed U-2 spy plane took a change in direction when the 2018 fiscal year budget did not have a retirement date for the aircraft. “There is not a retirement date for the U-2 in this budget,” Maj. Gen. James Martin, the Air Force’s deputy assistant secretary for budget, […]

Is the Bell V-280 Valor the future choice of the of US military instead of traditional helicopters? At twice the speed and twice the range, Bell Helicopter is pitching their new V-280 Valor to US military services. Bell Helicopter’s newest tilt-rotor is almost ready for its first flight. The company said it expects the V-280 Valor prototype […]

The Washington Post is claiming that the Pentagon has create a huge slush fund by overcharging the different services for the fuel they purchase. The report claims that $6 billion has been overcharged in the last seven years and these ‘funds’ are being used for a variety of things including to fund Syrian rebels and […]

Watch and enjoy the action as A-10 Thunderbolts from the 124th Fighter Wing and F-15 Strike Eagles from the 366th Fighter Wing at Mountain Home Air Force Base take out unmanned moving targets at the Saylor Creek Training Range in Idaho. Saylor Creek is a 110,000-acre bombing and training range in southern Idaho. It is associated […]

The Pentagon is investigating what one of their Air Force WC-135 pilots called an ‘unprofessional’ maneuver when a pair of Chinese Su-30 fighter jets intercepted their aircraft last week. Known as a ‘sniffer’ the WC-135W Constant Phoenix is a specially equipped derivative of the C-135 aircraft with the mission of collecting samples from the atmosphere to […]

The Air Force has announced that two F-35 Lightning II Stealth Fighters will go to Le Bourget Airfield in June to perform at the International Paris Airshow. The show starts on June 19th and ends on June 25th. An interesting side note is the announcement stated that Lockheed Martin pilots will be flying the F-35s […]

Another check in the block for the F-35 program and a bit of aviation history was recently made when the Air Test and Evaluation Squadron VX23 at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River completed airborne testing of the F-35B gun. Watch Earlier Ground Testing of the F-35 Gun Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Two Three (VX-23) is […]

The Air Force has removed a weight restriction for pilots on the F-35 with a new ejection seat for the stealth aircraft. Until Monday there had been a restriction that no one weighing less than 136 pounds was allowed to fly the F-35 because of the possibility of neck injuries when the election seat’s parachute […]