It happens so often, it is almost routine. An aircraft is trying to take out a ground target and moves in to drop its bombs. The bombs then leave the View More ›
The Green Hornets of 20th Special Operations Squadron Respond at Ground Zero
September 14, 2021
Members of AFSOC’s 20th Special Operations Squadron, also known as Green Hornets, responded to events at Ground Zero in the best way they could: by going where others could not. View More ›
Major Richard Bong, America’s Ace of Aces
September 14, 2021
Richard Ira Bong was rightly nicknamed America’s “Ace of Aces” during World War II. He is credited with shooting down 40 Japanese aircraft during combat while flying a P-38 Lightning View More ›
3 Things You Didn’t Know About the F-22 Raptor
September 9, 2021
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter tends to garner the lion’s share of media attention, but it was the F-22 Raptor that introduced the world to the very concept of a View More ›
F-22 Raptor Vs F-35 Lightning II: Who Wins This Dogfight?
September 6, 2021
Conceived in the ’80s, born in the ’90s, is the F-22 that millennial kid who can’t get a job because of the recession? On the other hand, the F-35 is View More ›
Paul Tibbets, the Ace Pilot Who Bombed Hiroshima
September 6, 2021
Paul Tibbets was a retired Air Force brigadier general who flew the Enola Gay (named after his mother) when it dropped Little Boy, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. In View More ›
Kabul Evacuation Helicopters Had Saigon Ties
September 3, 2021
Pictures of helicopters evacuating the U.S. Embassy in Kabul have already become an iconic image of the NATO withdrawal from the country. Among them were CH-46 Sea Knights – affectionately View More ›
The Venerable B-52 Bomber: Why the Air Force Just Can’t Let Go
August 31, 2021
Before Americans had the ability to watch color television, the Air Force had the ability to drop nukes on the Russians and fly back home, thanks in large part to View More ›
C-130 Hercules, a Staple of American Air Power, First Flew This Day 67 Years Ago
August 30, 2021
In the early 1950s, the aviation industry was gaga over jets. The U.S. Air Force was no different, looking for high-speed, high-performance jet aircraft that could go toe-to-toe with the View More ›
3 Things You Might Not Know About the F-15
August 27, 2021
The Mcdonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle and its subsequent variants have served as America’s workhorse intercept fighters for over 40 years. For a short time, it seemed as though the F-15 View More ›