Tales From The Cockpit: Testing The B-52 Stratofortress Bomber With The USAFTPS At Edwards AFB
An Italian on the BUFF at the USAF Test Pilot School. And how he did get there. I was selected to join the Reparto Sperimentale Volo (RSV), the Italian Air…
Updated: Intruder at Joint Base Andrews Boarded C-40 Aircraft, Had Existing Warrants.
USAF Says Boarding of C-40 VIP Transport At Joint Base Andrews Not Linked to Extremist Protests at Capitol. The Public Affairs office of the 316th Wing at Joint Base Andrews…
Reports: Security Breach at Joint Base Andrews After Unauthorized Boarding of C-37 VIP Aircraft.
Report Suggests Security Breach at Joint Base Andrews and Unauthorized Boarding of C-37 VIP Transport Followed Gate Intrusion. An unknown person without authorization entered Joint Base Andrews outside Washington D.C.…
OTD in 1969, The Iconic XB-70 Valkyrie Mach 3 Super Bomber Made Its Last Flight
The massive XB-70 Valkyrie is the largest and heaviest airplane ever to fly at Mach 3. The North American XB-70 Valkyrie was the most ambitious super-bomber project of the Cold War.…
30 Years Ago RAF Buccaneer Bombers Carried Out Their First Mission in the Gulf War.
During the Gulf War, the RAF Buccaneer bomber flew a kind of mission its designers hadn't foreseen. Yesterday, my attention was caught by an interesting post of the Royal Air…
The New F-15EX Flies For The First Time Ahead Of The First Deliveries Later This Year
The new advanced F-15EX Eagles will replace the older F-15Cs that have long surpassed their expected service-life estimates. The first new F-15EX built for the U.S. Air Force took the…
