Air Force Special Operations Command invests in JTAC training

The Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC), partnered with Valkyrie Aero, has landed a contract to provide live Contract Close Air Support (CCAS) for the Air Force Special Operations Command’s Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) training course. According to an article released by the Aviationist, the companies will provide training support at multiple locations throughout the […]

Turkey purchases Russian S-400 and jeopardizes NATO support

Several members of the United States Congress, on both sides of the aisle, have been quietly blocking U.S. arms sales to Turkey for the past two years. This bipartisan move has been in response to Turkey’s decision to buy Russian made S-400 antiaircraft missiles and to Turkey’s increasingly close relationship to Russia and President Vladimir […]

What it feels like when flying a fighter jet at 9Gs

This article was written by Justin Lee, an Air Force F-35 pilot, and originally published on Sandboxx. If you have any hope of winning, your strength has to be greater than your opponent’s weakness. As a young second lieutenant in pilot training, I learned that lesson the hard way. I was flying a Basic Fighter […]

China’s 770-ship naval force & a potential war in the Pacific

This article was written by Alex Hollings and originally published on Sandboxx.com. If war were to break out in the Pacific between China and the United States, the U.S. Navy would find itself in an extremely difficult predicament. While America does maintain the largest and most powerful navy in the world, its security obligations are […]

Special Operations close air support aircaft questioned by Congress

The plan for a Special Operations aircraft that would provide close air and overwatch support to American commandos is under question by Congress. The idea for the Armed Overwatch program spawned from the need to provide sufficient platforms to support Special Operations troops and their partner forces in low-intensity conflict scenarios. The inability of the […]

The importance of jet fuel in a conflict with China

This article was written by Alex Hollings and originally published on Sandboxx. After nearly two decades of counter-terror operations around the world, the United States military has recently begun shifting its focus away from this form of asymmetric warfare and back toward the potential for near-peer conflicts with nations like China or Russia. Despite maintaining […]