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Air Force to Launch ‘Flying Cars’ eVTOL Project by 2023

August 2, 2022 The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds perform the echelon pass in review maneuver during the Wings over Pittsburgh air show May 13, 2017, in Coraopolis, Pa. (Source: Staff Sergeant Jason Couillard, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/U.S._Air_Force_at_Pittsburgh_air_show.jpg

Air Force’s new eVTOL technology will roll off the production process by 2023. The Air Force is constructing an acquisition strategy to enter the booming market for space-age flying cars. They View More ›

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Air Force has a Shortage of Ukrainian Speaking Personnel That Hampers Operations

August 2, 2022 Members of the US Air Force Band of the West model their ceremonial uniform in 2007. (Source: United States Air Force, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/US_Air_Force_Band_ceremonial_uniforms.jpg

The Pentagon was reportedly aware of impending developments in Ukraine, including US troops not speaking Ukrainian, according to sources. “We have no Ukrainian-specific linguists. We don’t train Ukrainian,” said Staff View More ›

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Air Force has a Shortage of Ukrainian Speaking Personnel That Hampers Operations

July 26, 2022 Members of the US Air Force Band of the West model their ceremonial uniform in 2007. (Source: United States Air Force, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/US_Air_Force_Band_ceremonial_uniforms.jpg

The Pentagon was reportedly aware of impending developments in Ukraine, including US troops not speaking Ukrainian, according to sources. “We have no Ukrainian-specific linguists. We don’t train Ukrainian,” said Staff View More ›

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Breaking the Black Sea Blockade: How Far Will the West Go?

July 26, 2022 Snake Island, Ukraine. И.Е.Мазурок, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

The Biden administration and EU nations have been painstakingly “careful” to confine the war to Ukraine’s frontiers and the nearby Black Sea, according to reports. They are avoiding anything that might View More ›

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HiJENKS Missile: Bold Innovation From US Navy and Air Force Labs

July 25, 2022 Northrop SM-62 Snark, Hill Aerospace Museum. (Source: Wilson44691, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons)

The newest innovation of High-Powered Joint Electromagnetic Non-Kinetic Strike Weapon, or HiJENKS, is a gamechanger on the battlefield which employs microwave technology to shoot down an opponent’s electronic systems. The culminating View More ›

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US Space Force-Virgin Orbit ‘Straight Up’ Mission Makes First Successful Night Satellite Launch

July 25, 2022

Virgin Orbit has achieved another milestone, successfully launching its first nighttime satellite placement into low-Earth orbit. In 2020, the US Space Force allocated a $35 million contract to Virgin Orbit View More ›

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Coast Guard Recues 2 Mariners on a 110-Foot Vessel in the Caribbean

July 24, 2022

The United States Coast Guard Cutter Bernard C. Webber’s crew reported that they rescued two mariners on board the massive 110-foot motor vessel, Supplier One, on Sunday after it began View More ›

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Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve: What’s the Difference?

July 24, 2022

The United States Air Force has two civilian components: Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve. It could be quite confusing as they both aid in the national defense of View More ›

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Scott Air Force Base in Illinois Proves Vital in Resupplying Ukraine with Weapons

July 23, 2022 Scott Air Force Base and Mid-America Airport hosted multiple C-17 Globemaster III aircraft that evacuated Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina in preparation for Hurricane Florence, Sept. 11, 2018.

Despite removing its military personnel from Ukraine at the height of Russian control, the US has continued to give the Ukrainian government financial and military assistance. The Scott Air Force Base, View More ›

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Female Air Force Special Tactics Officer First to Earn Scarlet Beret

July 5, 2022

A First Thursday marked an Air Force first; a female captain completed the three-month special tactics officer (STO) apprentice course, aka Combat Control School, and earned her scarlet beret. Unfortunately, View More ›

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