Outsourced Flight Support: Airborne Tactical Advantage Company
The second in our series on outsourced flight support profiles Airborne Tactical Advantage Company, better known as ATAC. As in …
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Tomcats Over the Desert: Naval Aviation Through the Decades
When Operation Desert Storm began, the F-14 Tomcat was the only in-service fighter in the U.S. inventory to have scored …
Light Attack AT-6 Texan II Deploys Precision-guided Munitions
The AT-6 Texan II light attack aircraft deployed precision-guided munitions (PGM) for the first time over southern Arizona’s Barry M. …
Neil Armstrong Calls the Nation’s Space Program ‘Embarrassing’
Neil Armstrong was a “pretty quiet guy,” even when flying jets in the Korean War, says a shipmate. Since he …
Air Force Chief Talks About Future Capabilities, Uncertainties
“We will do it, or we’ll die trying,” said Gen. Norton Schwartz.
The Air Force chief of staff spoke in …
And the Fighter of the Future is … the Super Hornet?
With the world’s air forces scrambling to fill anticipated gaps in their fighter inventories, is it possible that the fighter …
Why Staff Sgt. Robert Gutierrez Should Receive the Medal of Honor
Staff Sgt. Robert Gutierrez, Jr. took a bullet and saved a dozen troops in an Oct. 5, 2009 firefight in …
High Velocity Penetrating Weapon Addresses “Hard Target” Challenges
The United States Air Force is addressing the challenges of a new generation of “hard target” engagements through a recent …
Defense Interview: Mark Miller
Sikorsky Aircraft Co., a division of United Technologies, was the first to mass-produce military helicopters. A leader in vertical flight …
F-4 Phantom II 50th Anniversary | Photos
At a time when jet aircraft were said to lack character in comparison to their piston-engined forbears, the F-4 Phantom …