Articles by Tom Demerly

About Tom Demerly

Tom Demerly is a feature writer, journalist, photographer and editorialist who has written articles that are published around the world on TheAviationist.com, TACAIRNET.com, Outside magazine, Business Insider, We Are The Mighty, The Dearborn Press & Guide, National Interest, Russia’s government media outlet Sputnik, and many other publications. Demerly studied journalism at Henry Ford College in Dearborn, Michigan. Tom Demerly served in an intelligence gathering unit as a member of the U.S. Army and Michigan National Guard. His military experience includes being Honor Graduate from the U.S. Army Infantry School at Ft. Benning, Georgia (Cycle C-6-1) and as a Scout Observer in a reconnaissance unit, Company “F”, 425th INF (RANGER/AIRBORNE), Long Range Surveillance Unit (LRSU). Demerly is an experienced parachutist, holds advanced SCUBA certifications, has climbed the highest mountains on three continents and visited all seven continents and has flown several types of light aircraft.

Official Accident Report in Canadian Forces Snowbird October 2019 Crash Released.

July 2, 2020 Tom Demerly

Official Report Reveals Engine Problems, Issues with Ejection System. The official finding of the Canadian Department of National Defense’s Airworthiness Investigative Authority has revealed that the October 13, 2019 crash of a Canadian Forces CT-114 […]

[Updated] USAF F-16CM from 20th Fighter Wing Crashes at Shaw AFB in South Carolina. Pilot Reported Dead.

July 1, 2020 Tom Demerly

Reports Suggest the Aircraft Could Not Lower Its Landing Gear, Crashed on Landing. A USAF F-16CM Fighting Falcon has crashed at Shaw AFB near Sumter, South Carolina in the southeastern United States at approximately 23:30 […]

U.S. Senate Confirms General Charles Q. Brown as Air Force Chief of Staff.

June 10, 2020 Tom Demerly

Combat Veteran F-16 Instructor Graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The United States Senate has confirmed General Charles Q. Brown as the new Air Force Chief of Staff for the United States. U.S. Vice President Mike […]

Spy Satellite Spots Large Scale Iranian Mock-Up of U.S. Aircraft Carrier for Training.

June 10, 2020 Tom Demerly

Mock-Up of U.S. Carrier May Be for New Iranian Coastal Defense Demonstration. A credible report of a 650-foot long Iranian-built mock-up of a U.S. Nimitz-class aircraft carrier has surfaced based on newly published satellite photos. […]

USAF Accidentally Dropped Hypersonic Test Missile Over Secure Range.

June 9, 2020 Tom Demerly

Aviation Week Reports Hypersonic Missile “Believed to Have Inadvertently Separated” From B-52 Test Aircraft. In a story on AviationWeek.com published on June 9, 2020, reporters Guy Norris and Steve Trimble reported that, “A scramjet-powered missile […]