NATO Air-Policing Duties Taken Over by Multinational Fighter Force
The U.S. Air Force is handing over NATO air-policing duties for Poland and the Baltics to a multinational force comprised …
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Virtual Holding Pattern: Simulation and Training in a Budget-constrained Environment
The U.S. military is confronting a serious readiness problem. Decreasing defense spending and the automatic budget cuts resulting from sequestration …
F-16 Fighting Falcon 40th Anniversary
Forty years after its first flight, the F-16 Fighting Falcon continues to be a workhorse for U.S. Air Force and …
Canada Joins NATO Air-Policing Efforts In Response to Situation in Eastern Ukraine
The continuing escalation of the situation in eastern Ukraine has prompted NATO to solicit military assistance for its members to …
F-100 Versus MiG-17: The Air Battle Nobody Told You About
One of the great fighters of the Cold War and the Vietnam conflict was the North American F-100 Super Sabre, …
U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagles Scramble in Lithuania
In response to the increasingly tense situation in the Ukraine, the U.S. Air Force augmented the four F-15C Eagles rotated …
Halfway There: Twelve Years on the F-35 Must Mature Quickly
The F-35 has officially been in development since 2001. By the end of 2013, the overall flight test program will …
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 …
The Thunderbirds | Photos
After losing the 2013 flying season due to sequestration, the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron “Thunderbirds” have returned with …
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 …