We Have Flown in Textron’s Scorpion Jet. Here’s What We Have Learned.
The Scorpion is the iPhone X of Military Aviation. To many, the Textron Aviation Defense LLC Scorpion is an enigma. Though it has capability overlap, the Scorpion is not a…
We Went Inside Realistic Urban Training with the U.S. Marine Corps 15th MEU (Marine Expeditionary Unit)
Recently Todd Miller of The Aviationist joined the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) for “Realistic Urban Training” (RUT), a live fire assault on an “urban complex” on the ranges at…
Red Flag 16-2: Italian, Turkish and U.S. Forces Train to Fight Advanced Adversary
Red Flag 16-2 explained. The second Red Flag of 2016 featured an international coalition training against a dynamic and integrated “Red Adversary” Force. The exercise, running from Feb. 29 to…
Red Flag 16-1 Total Force Integration: the Aerial Warfighting Game-Changer
RF 16-1 unveiled. Three weeks of intensive Red Flag aerial warfighting culminated Feb. 12, 2016. This first of four Red Flag exercises of 2016 featured 39 units, 120 aircraft and…
TriLateralEx 2015 Final Report: F-22s, Typhoons and Rafales prepare for Future Air Warfare
The exercise featured the cutting edge air dominance aircraft in service today. The inaugural Trilateral Exercise held Dec. 2-18 at Joint Base Langley-Eustis (JBLE) in Virginia not only represented a…
Razor Talon: US East Coast Large Force Exercise keeps Air Force Units Razor Sharp
The Aviationist visits the 4th FW at Seymour Johnson AFB to report on “Razor Talon,” a monthly large force exercise sponsored by the USAF. Razor Talon is a monthly aerial…
Hunting Red Flag Air Traffic from Coyote Summit
There is a place not far from Area 51, where you can get some really cool pictures of Red Flag participants. As an aviation enthusiast I grew up with camera…
Those Sharp Looking Red-tailed P-3C Orions You See Flying Around the Florida Skies
We visit MHD Rockland and ESG Aerosystems Inc. Training Platforms. I’ve lived in Florida for over twenty years. I’ve been from corner to corner, edge-to-edge. I once counted 168 alligators…
