F-35 high angle of attack tests reach 50-degree limit
A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) F-35A Lightning II aircraft reached a 50 degree limit on its high angle of attack (AOA) test flight conducted from Edwards Air Force Base.…
Netherlands and Germany ready to deploy Patriot missiles to defend Turkish border with Syria
NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen tweeted on Monday Nov. 19 that NATO would consider a request from Turkey to deploy Patriot anti-missile systems along its border with Syria. Al Arabia…
Photo: This is what remains of a 150 million USD stealth fighter plane crashed in Florida
On Nov. 15, an F-22 with 43th Fighter Squadron crashed near Tyndall Air Forcer Base, Florida. Here below you can find the first images of the crash site released by…
Awesome video shows what a fine piece of machinery the Air Force’s C-5 Galaxy’s landing gear system is
After publishing a series of posts about the C-5 Galaxy, readers have sent me a lot of interesting links to both articles and videos of the gigantic U.S. Air Force…
World’s first operational JSF squadron welcomes its first F-35B at MCAS Yuma
On Nov. 16, at approximately 1 p.m., Third Marine Aircraft Wing's first F-35B, piloted by F-35 pilot instructor Maj. A. C. Liberman, landed at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma. The arrival…
Greece holds second missile storm exercise in the Aegean Sea in six months
On November 14, 2012, the Hellenic Air Force conducted the LIVEX (Live Exercise) "Sea Griffin 2/12" at a firing range located near Crete, in the Aegean Sea. Image credit: HAF…
