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Air Force General Says a “Stop-Loss” Order to Retain Pilots is Not an Option

April 14, 2017 f-16 pilots

Air Force Lt. General Gina Grosso released a statement saying that a stop-loss order is not being considered in dealing with their pilot shortages. A stop-loss is used to force View More ›

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Air Force Authorizes Extension of F-16 Service Life to 2048!

April 12, 2017 f-16 service life extension

Looks like the US Air Force will have the F-16 Falcon in its arsenal for decades to come. Today it was announced that the Air Force has commissioned Lockheed Martin View More ›

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Photo of the Day: Decommissioned Turkish Air Force F-4 Phantom – What Do You See?

April 10, 2017 Incirlik Airmen test aircraft recovery capabilities

Aviation is full of visuals and sometimes an image grabs your imagination. This is one such image. Looking at this photograph of a decommissioned Turkish Air Force F-4 Phantom makes View More ›

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US Military Cargo Plane Flies Close to Air Force One

April 10, 2017 military-cargo-plane-flies-close-air-force-one

Sunday, passengers on board Air Force One were surprised to see a military cargo plane flying near them just before landing at Joint Base Andrews near Washington DC. The passengers noticed View More ›

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Royal Air Force and French Air Force to Join US in Exercise Atlantic Trident 17

April 10, 2017 U.S. Air Force T-38 Talon, British Royal Air Force Typhoon, French air force Rafale f-22

Joint Base Langley–Eustis will host Exercise Atlantic Trident 17 April 12 through April 28, 2017. The event will be unique with F-22 Raptors and the F-35 Lightning II from the US flying View More ›

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Flash from the Past: Anyone Remember the F-20 Tigershark? Chuck Yeager Does!

April 8, 2017 f20-tigershark-chuck-yeager

Back in the 1980’s Northrop privately funded the building of the F-20 Tigershark. A variant of the F-5 it was initially designated the F-5G. The Tigershark first flew in 1982 and View More ›

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Breaking! F-16 Crashes Near Joint Base Andrews

April 5, 2017 us-f-16-military-jet-crashes-near-joint-base-andrews-on-april-5-2017

An F-16 Falcon single seat jet went down today near Joint Base Andrews in the Washington DC area.  The F-16 from Air National Guard’s 113th Wing crashed this morning about six miles View More ›

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Italian Aerospace Company Leonardo Says it Will Assemble T-100 Jet in Alabama

April 4, 2017 t-100-leonardo-usairforce

If they win the Air Force’s T-X advanced pilot training competition to replace the T-38, Leonardo says they will assemble the T-100 training jet in Tuskegee, Alabama. According to a statement View More ›

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2nd Man on the Moon Buzz Aldrin Becomes Oldest Person Ever to Fly with the Air Force Thunderbirds

April 4, 2017 buzz-aldrin-oldest-person-fly-with-thunderbirds

Former NASA Astronaut and the second person to step on to the moon, Buzz Aldrin set another record Sunday as he became the oldest person ever to fly with the View More ›

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Air Force & Navy Needs More Bombs (Watch Navy Load Bombs by Hand)

April 3, 2017 US_Navy_020303-N-4768W-026_Loading_bombs_on_aircraft_at_sea

With the air war against ISIS in full swing these days it appears the Air Force and Navy as well as other allied forces are running short of bombs. It View More ›

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