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Air Force Ordered To Pay $230M Over Sutherland Springs Shooting

Last Monday, a federal court ordered the US Air Force (USAF) to pay more than $230 million to the victims’ families and survivors of the 2017 Sutherland Springs shooting. The View More ›

SOFREP No Comments Air Force, News, North America, Weapons

The A-12: SR-71 Blackbird’s Forgotten Elder

If you were presented with a photo of the Lockheed A-12, chances are you probably answered that it was an SR-71 Blackbird. Don’t feel bad about it. We don’t blame View More ›

SOFREP No Comments Air Force, Aviation, Military History, Technology, World

Japanese F-15DJ Crashes, Highlights Its Fleet Of Aging Aircraft

Following reports of a Japanese F-15DJ Eagle fighter jet going missing on January 31, it was determined that the fighter jet had crashed into the Sea of Japan shortly after View More ›

SOFREP No Comments Asia, News, World

The Air Force Wants to Fly Lower and Faster, and That’s a Good Thing

Hopefully, Air Force training ranges in Arizona will offer much better training to pilots soon. Environmental studies are in work near Davis-Monthan AFB to determine the impact of updating flight View More ›

SOFREP No Comments Air Force, Aviation, Military, News, Technology

Chinese Air Force sends 39 warplanes to Taiwan’s ADIZ

In the ongoing effort to intimidate the Taiwanese government, the Communist Chinese Air Force sent 39 warplanes, mostly fighter jets, to Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ). The largest air View More ›

SOFREP No Comments Air Force, Global Politics, News, News + Intel

F-35 logistics systems first phase of upgrades now completed

Following problems with the F-35 fighter evident with the recent F-35 crash in the South China Sea, the US Department of Defense, together with the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program View More ›

SOFREP No Comments Air Force, Aviation, Military, News, Technology

Only The Air Force Could Spend $300,000 Buying Coffee Cups Designed In The 1950s.

No, that’s not a joke on the headline. The US Air Force notoriously spent a whopping $1,200 (per cup) or a total of $300,000 from 2016 to 2018 to buy View More ›

SOFREP No Comments Air Force, Trivia, World

Air Force Breakthrough with Space-based Solar Energy

Clean, renewable energy for everyone. Yes, that’s right, the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) has successfully conducted a ground demonstration for converting solar energy to microwaves. This breakthrough brings us View More ›

SOFREP No Comments Air Force, Military, Space, Technology

B-1Bs Are Getting Much-Needed ECM Updates

B-1 bombers, B-1B, will soon have new eyes in the backs of their heads. Northrop Grumman and the USAF have signed a contract to update the aging AN/ALQ-161A defensive countermeasures View More ›

SOFREP No Comments Air Force, Aviation, Expert Analysis, News, Technology

In the Philippine Elections US Visiting Forces Agreement Will Be A Major Issue

Election Frontrunners Support the Visiting Forces Agreement Last January 22, 2022, veteran Philippine journalist Jessica Soho interviewed the leading presidential candidates as the May 2022 Philippine Presidential Elections drew nearer. View More ›

SOFREP No Comments Air Force, Army, Asia, Foreign Policy, History, Military, Navy, World
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