Missing Mariners Located by a KC-135 Tanker Thanks to Huge S.O.S. Written on the Beach
The three men went missing in Micronesia, prompting a joint U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Air Force and Australian Defence Force rescue mission. On July 29, 2020, three men were sailing…
Tactical Air and Draken International Get Adversary Training Contracts
The two companies join ATAC to provide Red Air aircraft to support U.S. Air Force fighter pilot training. About a week ago we reported about the contract awarded to ATAC…
Check Out These Cool Shots Of A Disassembled F-117 Nighthawk Arriving At Hill Aerospace Museum
These photographs show some pretty interesting details of the iconic Stealth Jet. As often reported here at The Aviationist, some F-117 Nighthawk stealth jets out of Tonopah Test Range continue…
On This Day In 1945: The First Operational Combat Nuclear Strike In History.
Revisionist History and Pragmatic Calculus of The Hiroshima and Nagasaki Nuclear Strikes. “It was as though the sun had fallen from the sky,” the man told me his father said…
Blue Angels’ New “Fat Albert” C-130J Diverted To Boston By A Caution Light In The Cockpit On Its Way To The U.S.
The C-130J was flying from Cambridge, UK, to Fort Worth, but had to divert to Boston to solve an issue with the aircraft. The Blue Angels’ support aircraft, the C-130J…
First APG-83 AESA Radar-Equipped Four-Ship Flight Mission for USAF F-16s
The jets from Eglin AFB performed the test to assess the behavior of multiple APG-83 radars in close proximity during simulated combat missions. The U.S. Air Force performed for the…
