Coast Guard Aviation Modernizes and Networks Its Aircraft Fleets
In May 2013, a P-3 Orion patrol aircraft of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) cued the CGC Bertholf to …
Aircraft
German Jets at Insterburg: Hitler’s Excellent Air Show
It was the largest air show ever held for an audience of one.
On Friday, Nov. 26, 1943, a collection …
Interview with Gen. Herbert J. “Hawk” Carlisle, Commander, Pacific Air Forces
Gen. Herbert J. “Hawk” Carlisle is the senior U.S. airman in the Asia and Pacific region that has been much …
Book Review – Bombing Nazi Germany: The Graphic History of the Allied Air Campaign That Defeated Hitler in World War II
Any review of Wayne Vansant’s Bombing Nazi Germany: The Graphic History of the Allied Air Campaign that Defeated Hitler in …
P-8A Makes First Deployment to Okinawa
The U.S. Navy has deployed the new P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft to Kadena Air Base on the …
RC-135W Arrives in Britain
The first RC-135W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft for Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) arrived at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, early on …
Unwanted Air Force C-27J Spartans’ Future Will Be Decided Soon
The U.S. Air Force is making progress toward disposing of its fleet of C-27J Spartan tactical airlifters. The service once …
ACC Gen. Mike Hostage Says Recapitalization Is Best of Bad Options
Gen. Mike Hostage, the Air Force’s Commander of Air Combat Command, was consistently blunt during remarks at the Air Force …
V-22 Osprey Aerial Refueling Flight
The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey recently completed an initial aerial refueling test flight with an F/A-18C and an F/A-18D Hornet. …
Autonomous Aerial Refueling (AAR) Demo Aims To Hit the Basket
Later this fall, the U.S. Navy and its industry partner, Northrop Grumman, hope to demonstrate that an unmanned aircraft borrowing …