Air Force

North Korea is highly upset with the United States and South Korea for “escalating nuclear attack threats” with a “fleet” of B-1 Lancer bombers and the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson participating in military drills in South Korea. Love the fist pumps at the end of the video! North Korea’s official news agency, KCNA, said a […]

A US Air Force U-28 aircraft crashed on a training flight in New Mexico on Tuesday killing three special operations personnel. The U-28 is a single engine turboprop and was assigned to the 318th Special Operations Squadron. Today the Air Force released the names of the three heroes that were lost in the accident. Capt. Andrew […]

Drones seems to be everywhere and doing everything lately and that is no exception with the US Air Force. Earlier this month the Air Force’s 412th Test Wing’s Emerging Technologies Combined Test Force flew a quadcopter around and over a C-17 Globemaster as part of a post flight inspection. The quadcopter was equipped with a camera and […]

This is a crazy video to watch. We all know aircraft can fly on their own now but primarily think about that when discussing drones. Watch this very unique video of an F-16 ‘flying itself’. If you are or were an F-16 pilot or any type of jet fighter this must be intriguing to watch […]

The Air Force is facing a shortage of enemy aircraft and pilots to fight. Well, not the ‘real’ enemy but the “Red Air” adversary aircraft for training exercises. To deal with this shortage the Air Force is looking to the private sector. Reportedly, they will issue a draft solicitation for 40,000 hours of adversary air support for […]

A little over a month ago we told you about the World War II Air Force Bomber ‘Memphis Belle‘ and that it will be put on public display at the National Museum of the US Air Force beginning in May 2018. Well, before going on public display you need to look your best and the same […]

While the military is not releasing much in the way of details the commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, General John E. Hyten told Congress that ‘unauthorized intrusions’ were carried out by drone aircraft over Air Force and Navy nuclear facilities. Watch: Trained eagle snatches a drone in mid flight “Of recent concern have been the […]

In a sharp move to counter recent missile launches by North Korea the US sent its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to South Korea on Monday evening. The North Koreans had just launched four ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan the day before. Watch the arrival of the THAAD missile system to […]

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. James Hecker, 19th Air Force commander delivered the last new C-130J aircraft to the 314th Airlift Wing at Little Rock Air Force Base and presented a ceremonial key to Staff Sgt. Joshua Shields marking the occasion. This was the 14th and final C-130J model delivery and completes the 314th’s transition from […]

The F-16 Fighting Falcon, in addition to being a premier air-to-air combat platform also performs a very important mission called SEAD or Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses. Also known as “Wild Weasel” the mission is to enter enemy airspace early and disrupt or destroy their air defenses. This allows the main strike package of aircraft […]

Boeing announced Thursday that they intend to enter the competition to replace the Air Force’s venerable Huey helicopter with a MH-139 variant of the Leonardo AW139. Leonardo, an Italian aerospace company  says there are about 900 AW139s in service around the world in many countries including Ireland, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar and Thailand […]

This is a very interesting video of an operation that many people don’t know even exists. The United States relies upon power projection from its military around the world to advance its national interests. Refueling aircraft operating in forward deployed locations around the world can sometimes prove to be difficult. Forward Air Refueling Point (FARP) operation […]