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The Air Force’s super secret and mysterious X-37B space plane has passed a milestone reaching 600 days in Earth orbit on its latest mission. The unmanned X-37B lifted off on an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on May 20, 2015 on its fourth mission known as Orbital Test Vehicle-4 (OTV-4). Watch the […]
At a time when the future of the A-10 is in doubt the Air Force has decided to upgrade 19 Warthogs to give them improved combat search and rescue capabilities. According to a statement by the Air Force these upgrades were urgent. Watch A-10 Thunderbolt Gun Runs The LARS V-12 is designed to allow A-10 pilots […]
A B-52 bomber flying over North Dakota Wednesday had one of its eight engines break apart and fall to the ground. The aircraft landed safely without further incident. The B-52 based out of Minot Air Force Base was not carrying any weapons and was flying in an unpopulated area when the engine fell off. “Earlier […]
According to Brig. Gen. Scott Pleus who flew the F-16 and the F-35, there is no way the older fighters can compete with an F-35. Pleus said that even upgraded Falcons and Hornets will never match an F-35. “You cannot take an airplane like an F-16 and really make it stealthy,” Pleus said in an interview […]
On December 30 the Air Force formally opened the bidding process for the T-X program to replace the T-38 Talon jet trainer. Announcing they were accepting bids is a major step in the $16 billion dollar program that is expected to be awarded in 2017. The new aircraft training system will prepare Air Force student pilots […]
Less than two weeks ago President-elect Trump tweeted that the F-35 program was over budget and that he was requesting a bid for a ‘comparable Super Hornet’. Today we have word that his incoming Secretary of Defense, Retired Marine Corps General James Mattis supports the program with a “clear commitment” to its continuation. Watch Raw Footage […]
On December 28, the US Air Force released a ‘request for proposals’ to develop a Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) replacement. The current Joint STARS, based on an E-8C aircraft (modified Boeing 707) is an airborne battlefield management, command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform. First flying in Operation Desert Storm in 1991 […]
What better way to start 2017 than by watching the amazing F-22 Raptor in action? The F-22 is a marvel of American engineering. Help us answer these questions: Is this the greatest fighter jet ever made? Can the F-35 compete with an F-22 in a dogfight? Did the US make a mistake by stopping production […]
In a ceremony at Holloman AFB, New Mexico on December 21, over 500 people watched the final flight of an Air Force F-4 Phantom. Marking the end of over 50 years of service to the Air Force it was a bittersweet moment for pilot Lt. Col. Ronald King who flew the F-4 on its final flight. “This […]
Take a look at the inside of an F-35 Lightning II flight simulator! Anyone who loves aviation and especially military aviation will want to take a look at this video of the F-35 simulator. Pretty amazing how realistic training can be in these simulator systems. In all of the simulators, F-35 software is used to […]
The hot topic in military aviation is the F-35 and how it compares to other jets like the F-16, F-22, A-10 and more. Can the F-35 beat an F-16 in a dogfight? Can it perform close air support missions like an A-10? Will a single engine jet work for the Navy flying off aircraft carriers […]
Textron Inc. announced the first flight of a production conforming Scorpion Jet on December 22. The company also recently completed successful initial weapons testing on the Scorpion which included launching rockets, firing AGM-114F Hellfire missiles and BAE Systems’ Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS). “The success of the first weapons capability exercise is a major milestone for […]
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