T-6C+ Texan IIs Arrive in Mexico
The first T-6C+ Texan II for the Mexican air force, the Fuerza Aérea Mexicana, or FAM, was delivered in a ceremony at Santa Lucia Air Force Base in Reyes Acozac, Mexico in late August. The FAM has now...
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The Air Force of 2030
In his speech to the graduating Air Force Academy class of 2012 in May, President Barack Obama told the men and women who will be the Air Force’s generals in the year 2030 that the U.S. military of the...
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The Air-launched Munitions Market
From the first combat aircraft of World War I to the early days of the Korean War, the most-used and effective weapons for fighters and fighter-bombers alike were specialized machine guns or cannon,...
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Iron Dome: Game-changer Around Gaza
Since the beginning of what the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) is calling Operation Pillar of Defense on Nov. 14, 2012, more than “500 rockets fired from the Gaza Strip have struck Israel. In addition,...
View ArticleF-35A High Angle of Attack Testing
Lockheed Martin released this video of F-35A high angle of attack testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. this week. Note the big spin recovery parachute rig bolted to the spine of the aircraft.…The...
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Wide Area Aerial Surveillance Technologies Evolve for Homeland Security and...
The Wide Area Aerial Surveillance (WAAS) systems that found improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Iraq and Afghanistan now lend themselves to domestic counterterrorism, border patrol, drug...
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The NDAA and the Air Force: A Preliminary Look
Any document with a 23-page table of contents is going to be a challenge, not just to the everyday citizen but to someone who spends time analyzing. Exactly such a challenge is posed by the National...
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LAS Program Can Go Ahead, But Future Is Unclear
The U.S. Air Force would like to begin the New Year by breathing new life into its Light Air Support (LAS) program. The program aims to put 20 light, armed combat aircraft into operation in two...
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T-38 Replacement Moves Ahead, But Without Funding
For three days, Jan. 29-31, 2013, industry reps and Air Force officials convened in intense and cordial meetings at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to talk about a new aircraft the Pentagon...
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A-29 Super Tucano Wins Light Air Support Contract
The U.S. Air Force announced February 27 that the turboprop Embraer EMB-314B Super Tucano won the $427 million Light Air Support, or LAS, contract to supply 20 aircraft to the Afghan Air Force....
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F-22 Crash at Tyndall Brings New Attention to Raptor Saga
The crash of an F-22 Raptor near Tyndall Air Force Base in the Florida panhandle on November 15 is prompting discussion about cost and safety issues surrounding America’s most controversial...
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Project Quill: Radar in Space
The period from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s was a time of extraordinary developments in remote sensing for overhead photographic intelligence. With the creation of the U-2 and A-12 spyplanes, the...
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The SST of the Future: Interview With NASA’s Peter Coen
Only two commercial supersonic transports (SSTs) have ever flown regular passenger schedules – the short-lived Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 and the Aérospatiale (now EADS)-BAC (now BAE) Concorde. A Concorde...
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U.S. Air Force 2012: Year In Review
The U.S. Air Force is the world’s most formidable air arm. It can deliver precision-guided explosive instruments of American policy to any location on earth. At a time when the nation seems...
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