The U.S. Marines Pioneer Air Support in Nicaragua
What does Nicaragua mean to a Marine?
Plenty. Here, in 1928 and again in 1932, the most famous Marine of …
Aerospace
Sacrificing Air Sovereignty?
In Pentagon talk, it used to be called air defense. Today it’s commonly known as the Air Sovereignty Alert (ASA) …
U.S. Air Force Year in Review
The United States Air Force is changing.
While airmen perform superbly in Iraq and Afghanistan and in air sovereignty operations …
Fixing Terrorists with the Gorgon Stare
While nobody questions the value and utility of the first generation of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems now in the …
F-35B Makes First Vertical Landing
F-35B BF-1 followed up its first “free air” hover earlier in the week with its first vertical landing yesterday, March …
Vice Adm. David J. Venlet, NAVAIR Commander, Nominated to Lead JSF Program
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced March 16, 2010 that President Barack Obama had nominated Vice Adm. David J. …
F-35B BF-1 Performs First Hover and Short Takeoff
Lockheed Martin has released a video of F-35B BF-1’s first “free air” hover on March 17, 2010. An accompanying press …
What Might Have Been: LRAACA
During the Cold War when the West was concerned about the Soviet Union’s undersea fleet, McDonnell Douglas Corporation (MDC), which …
Thunderbolt Versus Tiger Tank
During World War II in Europe, the German Tiger tank was a respected and feared fighting machine, but it was …
Approaching a Key Anniversary, the B-1B Redeems Itself in Afghanistan
In Afghanistan in February, a U. S. Air Force B-1B Lancer monitored hostile militants who reconnoitered, approached, and then attacked …