The astounding statistics of the Japanese Air Defense
According to the Japanese Ministry of Self-Defense, the Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) has scrambled its jets 138 times throughout the last quarter of 2013. All that happened due…
This is the cockpit of the upgraded B-1B “Bone” bomber
On Jan. 21, Dyess Air Force Base, in Texas, saw the arrival of the first operational B-1B Lancer with the Integrated Battle Station upgrade which gave the "Bone" new screens…
Extremely rare: U.S. Navy plane lands on snow-covered aircraft carrier’s flight deck
Arrested landings on the moving flight deck on an aircraft carrier can be extremely tricky in several conditions. At night, when the horizon is not clearly visible and pilots have…
Arkansas Air National Guard’s A-10s fly last 4-ship before transitioning to drones
On Dec. 30, 2013, Arkansas Air National Guard's 188th Fighter Wing at Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Fort Smith, Ark. flew one of the very last four-ship missions with the…
U.S. Navy’s new surveillance plane is full of flaws and not yet effective
Although it has not been released yet, the outcome of the annual report on major weapons, by Michael Gilmore, chief of the Pentagon testing office, has already made the news.…
[Video] An inside look from the Air Force CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft
Taken from different POV (Pointsof View) the following video shows the CV-22 Osprey as it lands at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, in Dayton, Ohio, on…
