Tag Archives: U.S. Air Force

The Video in the post brings you inside the cockpit of a B-52H Stratofortress strategic bomber flying a nuclear alert training sortie. The Video provides a quite rare and interesting view of an aircrew from the 96th Bomb Squadron (based on the shoulder patch worn by one of the pilots) …

The U.S. Air Force has deployed U-2 Dragon Lady high-altitude, all-weather surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft to Royal Air Force Fairford, England. The mission of the U-2 is to provide intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities in order to meet combatant commander objectives. The deployment of ISR assets to the European theater …

On Sept. 15, 1980, Nearly four decades ago, a U.S. Air Force B-52H bomber, armed with eight nuclear-tipped AGM-69A Short Range Attack Missiles and four B28 nuclear gravity bombs, burned for hours at Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota. The bomber and its six-person crew, assigned to the …

According to Flight Global, US Air Force (USAF) may retire a portion of its Boeing B-1B Lancer fleet in order to free funds for B-21 Raider. The B-1 is a highly versatile, multi-mission weapon system. The B-1B’s blended wing/body configuration, variable-geometry wings and turbofan afterburning engines, combine to provide long-range, …

U.S. Air Force has deployed at least one Lockheed EC-130H Compass Call electronic warfare (EW) plane in one of its bases in the Middle East. On September 18, Manu Gómez, an observer of civilian and military aviation, spotted the advanced EW plane over the eastern Mediterranean. The plane flew over Israel …

Earlier today, the private American firm Bigelow Aerospace was notified by the U.S. Air Force that its Genesis II spacecraft has a slim chance of smashing into a dead Russian Cosmos spy satellite at 1300 in 15 hours. News of the potential orbital smash-up came via Bigelow Aerospace’s Twitter account. Bigelow …

The 60th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, part of the Air Mobility Wing at Travis Air Force Base, California, who maintain the US Air Force’s largest aircraft, the C-5M Super Galaxy, contacted the JFWORX team seeking assistance to increase the safety and decrease the manpower requirements of the current tire-changing process. The …

Boeing has released the concept video of its new F-15EX Advanced Eagle fighter aircraft commonly known as Strike Eagle on Steroids. Boeing posted a short promo video of a new fighter jet on social media pointing that new combat aircraft will be equipped with the World’s fastest computer, Fly-by-wire controls, …

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 …