The US Central Command announced today that a U-2 ‘Dragon Lady’ high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, piloted by Major Ryan reached 30,000 hours of flight time in support of View More ›
February 1, 2017 Northrop Grumman and its partner BAE Systems announced that they will not be submitting a proposal for the US Air Force T-X competition to replace the aging T-38 View More ›
Losing someone during a training exercise, or while “just training” is always a difficult pill to swallow. It’s extremely painful to all involved, but because it happened during training versus View More ›
Have you ever heard of a helmet that costs $400,000? Well, for the most expensive aircraft program in the world (the F-35) it would make sense that it also comes View More ›
President Trump announced today that he has made a deal with Lockheed Martin to lower costs of the F-35 program by $600 million. Trump said the savings applies to the View More ›
Enjoy watching and listening as F-22 Raptors aerial refuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker. Video footage was taken during Vigilant Shield 2017 Field Training Exercise October, 2016. The Raptors were from Joint View More ›
In one of his first initiatives after being named as Secretary of Defense, General Mattis signed a memo today demanding a “detailed assessment to reduce associated program costs” of the View More ›
Since the air war against the Islamic State (ISIS) began in 2014 the Unites States has spent almost $11 billion on its mission to degrade and defeat the terrorist organization. View More ›
Raytheon and Leonardo announced they have decided to withdraw their T-100 trainer aircraft from the U.S. Air Force Advanced Pilot Training T-X program competition. Raytheon had stated that if their T-100 View More ›
It is being reported that a competition will be held to determine which aircraft, the A-10 Thunderbolt II or the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter is better suited for the close air support View More ›