AFRICOM Provides Assistance to Nigeria in Search for Kidnapped Girls
The abduction of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls by the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram has attracted worldwide attention. To …
Aircraft
EA-18G Growler
Ahead of its delivery of its 100th EA-18G Growler to the U.S. Navy, Boeing released a video touting the capabilities …
Night Witches: Soviet Female Aviators in World War II
Hundreds of women served as Soviet combat pilots and flight crew during World War II. Other nations allowed a few …
U.S. Navy T-34C Turbo Mentor Crashes in Gulf of Mexico
A U.S. Navy Beechcraft T-34C Turbo Mentor assigned to Training Squadron 28 (VT-28) crashed during a routine training mission over …
Interview with Capt. Steven D. Nakagawa, Commanding Officer, Naval Air Warfare Center, Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD)
Capt. Steven D. Nakagawa, USN, is the commander of the Naval Air Warfare Center’s Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD). A position …
Air Power Lessons from the Korean War
The silvery F-86 Sabre flashed through Korea’s skies and racked up a 7-to-1 kill advantage over the MiG-15 in a …
Tigertails Become First U.S. Navy Squadron to Operate the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye
The first East Coast squadron to receive the E-2B Hawkeye in 1968 became the first U.S. Navy squadron to receive …
First Israeli M-346 Advanced Trainer Aircraft Rolls Out
Less than two years after the Israeli Ministry of Defense (MOD) inked a contract with Alenia Aermacchi for 30 M-346 …
First F-35B STOVL Mode Formation Flight
On Feb. 11, two F-35B Lightning IIs conducted the first close formation flight in the short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) mode. …
Book Review – Area 51 Black Jets: A History of the Aircraft Developed at Groom Lake, America’s Secret Aviation Base
Billed as the “first fully-illustrated history of Area 51,” Area 51 Black Jets: A History of the Aircraft Developed at …