Air Force Placing 18 A-10s into Backup Status
The Air Force is taking 18 primary, combat-coded A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from active units and placing them into Backup Aircraft …
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RAAF and Boeing Successfully Test Extended Range JDAM ER
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and Boeing have successfully conducted a series of tests on a new wing kit …
Germany’s First Jet Fighter: The He 280
Could Nazi Germany have gotten a jet fighter into combat much earlier than it did? What if the Reich …
Raytheon Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II) Completes Live Fire Testing
The U.S. Air Force and Raytheon successfully completed two Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II) all-up round live fire test …
Book Review – Flying Warbirds: An Illustrated Profile of the Flying Heritage Collection’s Rare WWII-Era Aircraft
Dozens of coffee table books covering vintage aircraft have been published, and most of those dozens concentrate on vintage warbirds. …
Vultee XP-54: Back to the Drawing Board
It would be unthinkable today, but during World War II the burgeoning U.S. aircraft industry was able to design, develop, …
Boeing to Modernize 10 More B-52s With CONECT Digital Communications Upgrade
The B-52 Stratofortress bomber first flew more than 60 years ago, and was built for Cold War missions, but the …
Welsh: Air Force Risks Becoming Too Small to Succeed under Sequestration
By Natalie Stanley, Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs Command Information
During testimony on Capitol Hill Jan. 28, …
U.S. Navy Approves Production for Super Hornet IRST
The U.S. Navy has approved low-rate initial production (LRIP) for the infrared search and track system (IRST) developed and integrated …
KC-46 Pegasus Tanker Program First Flight
Boeing and the U.S. Air Force completed the successful first flight of the KC-46 Pegasus tanker test program Dec. 28, …