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Military Aviation

The U.S. Air Force as you know it no longer exists: beginning today, 17 combat units grounded

According to internal documents obtained by Air Force Times, beginning on Apr. 9, 2013, the U.S. Air Force will begin grounding front line combat units as a consequence of sequestration…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 9, 2013
Airshows

Video shows what a Boeing 787 Dreamliner can do in the hands of an F-18 Hornet fighter jock

The following video, put under the spotlight by an article by the Daily Mail, shows what a Boeing 787 Dreamliner can do if given to a former Hornet fighter jock…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 8, 2013
F-35

Two former Skunk Works members seem to know why the F-35 program is a mess

Among the contents of the November 2012 issue of Classic Aircraft (a magazine that since Jan. 2013 has been incorporated into its sister magazine Aviation News), an interesting article written…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
April 8, 2013
North Korea

[Artwork] B-2 Spirit stealth bomber nuclear attack on North Korea

This artwork was prepared by Al Clark. It shows, in quite a realistic way, an extremely unlikely nuclear attack on Pyongyang, North Korea, by a U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit. As…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 8, 2013
Military Aviation

U.S. Air Force says B-1s were not deployed to Guam. So, where did five big bombers go last night?

It looks like the B-1Bs strategic bombers heard last week by milair monitoring expert Steve Douglass did not deploy to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. A couple of nights ago,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 6, 2013
Military Aviation

How the U.S. Navy and Air Force will Watch North Korea’s Next Missile Launch

As tensions continue to rise on the Korean Peninsula, the U.S. Navy and Air Force are ready to watch upcoming missile launches. The two services use a variety of ground…

Michael Glynn Michael Glynn
April 6, 2013
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