Reflections on The Magic of Flight from the Best Seat in the World at 23,000ft
We Describe the Splendor of Flying a Refueling Mission Over the Eastern U.S. I’d seen the YouTube videos, hundreds of them probably, maybe a thousand if there are that many.…
F-16 Attempting Emergency Landing At Lake Havasu, Arizona, Departs Prepared Surface. Pilot Ejects.
F-16 Crash Lands Near Lake Havasu, Arizona. Pilot Safely Ejected. An F-16C assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing diverted and attempted to land at Lake Havasu City Municipal Airport, Lake…
Lockheed Martin to Propose 5th Gen F-22/F-35 Hybrid to Japan.
New Proposed Stealth Hybrid Fighter to Expand Japanese Fighter Capability. Re-opening the F-22 Production Line might be an option too. Late Friday, April 20, Reuters journalists Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro…
It’s Been 10 Years Since The F-117 Nighthawk Retired (At Least, Officially…)
The last F-117 Black Jets officially retired from active service on Apr. 22, 2008. But some Nighthawks have continued to fly. On Apr. 22, the U.S. Air Force posted an…
Incident in Saudi Arabia Sparks Tweets About Unconfirmed Possible Coup Attempt.
Video Emerging with Significant Gunfire Being Heard Near Palace; King Transferred to Airbase; Toy Drone shot down. Twitter and news outlets came alive with spotty, unconfirmed news reports of an…
Contrary To Initial Reports, F-22s Were Indeed Flying And Older, Standard JASSMs Were Used During Syria Strike
AFCENT Changing The Narrative About the Strikes and Weapons Used in Syria. U.S. Air Forces Central Command (AFCENT) made an unusual announcement today revealing to Air Force Magazine that: “US…
