Tag Archives: U.S. Air Force

In March 1986, U.S. Navy aviators out-flew, out-maneuvered and jammed the Libyan Arab Air Force so badly that the Libyans stopped flying their interceptors over the Gulf of Sidra. As a result, Tripoli had to give up its claim on this part of the Mediterranean. Equally damaging, the lack of …

U.S. Air Force’s new trainer aircraft officially named T-7A Red Hawk to honor the legacy of tuskegee airmen, the nation’s first squadron of African American pilots who flew combat missions during World War II. The all-new advanced trainer aircraft, the T-X, has officially been named the T-7A Red Hawk. Acting …

Lockheed characterised the test as a “ground-breaking” demonstration of “multi-domain operations and the secure distribution of sensitive information across multiple platforms.” This test showed the “next-level” of connectivity intended to reduce the data-to-decision timeline from minutes to seconds, according to the release. The demonstration also leveraged the F-35 sensor data …

on Sept. 5, 2019, U.S. Air Force Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, from the 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, flies a +30 Hour Nonstop Mission To Perform A Show Of Force During Ex Eager Lion 19 in Jordan. Several interesting details about this year’s show of force mission could …

According to the Warrior Maven report, U.S. Air Force F-16 are getting new lethal upgrades. A fleet of F-16s are now getting new F-35 Active Electronically Scanned radar, and other upgrades including upper wing skin and fittings, upper and lower bulkhead, and canopy sill longeron. The effort, called a Service …

Members of the Senate’s defense appropriations subcommittee Approves U.S. Air Force’s Plan To Buy 8 F-15EX Advanced Eagle Fighter Jets For $992.4 Million, of which 2 test aircraft are funded in research, development, testing, and evaluation (RDT&E), Air Force. on 10 September The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense advanced its Fiscal …

U.S. Air Force F-35A Joint Strike Fighters and F-15E Strike Eagles dropped 36,000 kilograms, or nearly 80,000 pounds, of bombs on ISIS positions at Qanus Island In the Iraqi province of Salah ad-Din in the framework of the US-led coalition campaign in the war-torn country. The island in Iraq’s Tigris …

As we have earlier reported that air Force completed A-10 re-winging to keep Warthog in the air until the late 2030s. The A-10 Warthog ground-attack jet, already in the is also set for a series of improvements including new weapons, cockpit upgrades, and helmet-mounted controls. The improvements, as described by Combat …

A US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt accidentally released munitions over Arizona on Thursday, according to an Air Force statement. The attack aircraft, assigned to the 354th Fighter Squadron from the 355th Wing, “unintentionally” released an M-156 rocket while on a training mission, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base said in a statement. …

At the 2019 Defense News Conference on September 4, acting United States Secretary of the Air Force Matthew Donovan announced a number of “controversial changes” would be taking place within his military branch’s “future budgets.” “We need to shift funding and allegiance from legacy programs we can no longer afford …