Category: Air Force

Go inside the cockpit with these A-10 pilots as they train for their bread and butter mission, CAS, or close air support. ATTACK!!!

The Lockheed-Martin U-2 Dragon Lady is one of the most difficult aircraft in the world to land, so when things go bad, it happens fast!

On this date in 1918,  the 94th Aero Squadron became the first American trained and organized pursuit squadron to be stationed on the front line and see active combat service. Tasked to work with and provide support for the 8th French Army while flying out of Gengault Aerodrome, the “Hat-in-the-Ring” Squadron immediately began flying patrols […]

Within the construct of our military is a capability known as the Global Response Force (GRF). Its sole purpose is to provide the Secretary of Defense with a menu of rapidly deployable forces. It enhances the ability of the United States to respond quickly to a variety of contingencies world-wide, and its presence has the […]

The world of tactical aviation is filled with all sorts of stories–good, bad, ugly, and otherwise. Here’s one I heard about over the weekend and was pretty astounded by it. It involves an F-106 Delta Dart  now on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base […]

One afternoon a few years ago, I found myself on the ramp at Nellis Air Force Base walking around a Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle with Nicole Malachowski. It was a U.S. Air Force Weapons School jet, all loaded up with inert ordnance for a training mission to be flown the following day. It was a […]

Yesterday, the DC Air National Guard’s 113th Wing reached a huge milestone for its Aerospace Control Alert (ACA) Detachment. When the klaxon sounded, it was alert event number 5,000. Even though the alarm resolved itself before takeoff and the Vipers never left the ground, it still went down in the books, a historic first in […]

There is a long string of barrier islands extending north to south (ish) approximately two hundred miles from the southeastern corner of Virginia and it covers most of the coastline of neighboring North Carolina. Known as the Outer Banks, they are the narrow islands separating the Atlantic Ocean from Currituck Sound, Albemarle Sound, and Pamlico […]

It looks like we’ll be seeing some AK-coded F-35As flying around the Last Frontier in the near future, as Eielson AFB is likely to become home to two squadrons comprising 48 Lightning II aircraft. The Air Force already announced Eielson as being a preferred Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) base for the 5th generation jet, and is holding […]

In this video, experience the air power of the Strike Eagle as it tears through airspace propelled by 2 Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 engines.

When you eat, sleep, and breathe so close to the DMZ, you have to be ready to lay the smack down at the drop of a hat. The “Fabulous Flying Fiends” of the 36th Fighter Squadron, who live and work  a very short hop south of “The Great Successor,” are more than happy to have […]

I met Steve Rainey at Elmendorf Air Force Base in August of 2007. He was there as part of a contingent celebrating the arrival of the first six F-22A Raptors to the installation, signifying the transition of the 90th Fighter Squadron “Dicemen” from the venerable Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle to the U.S. Air Force’s newest fifth-generation […]