Tag Archives: U.S. Air Force

The U.S. Air Force has confirmed the ability of its newest F-35A fighter jet to deploy directly from the factory into combat. According to a statement released on 6 August, the 388th Fighter Wing set a speed record for bringing online a newly-delivered aircraft last week, flying a local sortie …

on Aug. 8, 2019,  a pair of USAF F-22 Raptors, two Canadian Forces CF-18s, a USAF E-3 Sentry AWACS supported by a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker and C-130 tanker under NORAD control intercepted two Russian Tu-95 Bear H bombers over the arctic Beaufort Sea’s international air space. The intercept happened early …

A B-52 Stratofortress heavy bombers from the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., lands at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The deployment represents a new rotation of aircrews, maintenance personnel and aircraft to Guam, according to the 36th Wing Public Affairs office. Airmen and women …

On May 5, 2017, a Boeing KC-46 Pegasus entered the largest Anechoic chamber in the world Benefield Anechoic Facility (BAF) at Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) for the first time to undergo Avionic Testing According to EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE A KC-46A Pegasus has entered the Benefield Anechoic Facility for …

on Jul. 21, 2019, U.S. Air Force Viper Demo Team’s F-16C 96-0080 Suffers Horizontal Stabilizer Damage During Display Flight at 2019 Royal International Air Tattoo Few minutes into the display (the first of RIAT Sunday program), Maj. Garret Schmitz, pilot and commander of the Demo Team, stopped his routine and …

on March 6, 1990, the very last US Military flight of the SR-71 Blackbird took place. The flight originated from Palmdale, California, and flew to Washington-Dulles International Airport outside of Washington, DC. In the process, it set the official National Aeronautic Association coast-to-coast speed record of 2,086 miles in one …

U.S. Air Force Top-Secret Boeing X-37B Space Plane Spotted in Orbit on Classified Mission by an Amateur Astronomer Ralf Vandebergh, who regularly takes close-up pictures of spacecraft in the Earth’s orbit, said he observed the elusive X-37B on one of its missions. He said he first saw the space plane …

At the time of writing, 750,000 users have signed up to a Facebook event “Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of Us”. The event has become an internet sensation. Open Link to See Details about the event. Link: 750,000 people join the Facebook event to ‘storm’ Area 51: Here’s …

U.S. Air Force Boeing E-3B Sentry (707-300) from 522nd Air Control Wing (USAF) makes an emergency landing at Lincoln Airport after one of its engines caught fire mid-flight.  Cause and damage under investigation. The six crew members were not injured. The call of an engine on fire came in shortly …

U.S. Air Force sent RC-135S Cobra Ball reconnaissance and ballistic missile detection aircraft to the Persian Gulf The Cobra Ball’s sent to the Persian Gulf comes after increasing tensions between the US and Iran have worsened since Donald Trump withdrew from a 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and several world …