Sierra Nevada Awarded Contract for 12 Nigerian Air Force A-29 Aircraft
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and its partner, Embraer Defense & Security, were awarded a contract to deliver 12 A-29 Super …
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Lt. Jay Perdue
Fun fact: in the history of flight, there’s been more trained astronauts than blimp pilots. As one of less than …
Bell V-280 Valor Arrives at Flight Research Center | Video
This Bell video describes the tilt-rotor V-280 Valor’s arrival at Bell’s Flight Research Center in Arlington, Texas. The V-280 achieved …
“Tigers” Roar Through Red Flag 19-1
U.S. Airmen assigned to the 79th Fighter Squadron and 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 79th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, are participating …
DARPA’s Enterprise Disruption
“… the first guy through the wall – he always gets bloody. Always. It’s the threat of not just the …
USS Gerald R. Ford Accepts First Advanced Weapons Elevator
The Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), closed out 2018 on a high note with the …
Marine Delivers First, Last UH-1Y Venoms
By Thomas Perry
As a child, a journey’s outset to epilogue can last the length of a sandbox. As finality’s …
The Stuff of National Security
About a decade ago, when DARPA Program Manager Dr. Jan Vandenbrande was a technical fellow and senior manager of the …
Early Days of World War I Aviation l Photos
These recently released Library of Congress photographs, part of the the George Grantham Bain Collection, show World War I aviation …
A Few of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Greatest Air Rescues
April 1, 1916, marked the U.S. Coast Guard’s aviation birthday, the date when 2nd Lt. Charles E. Sugden and 3rd …