An alleged airstrike by Israel has targeted areas of the Damascus, Syria airport and resulted in one Syrian soldier having been killed according to SANA the Syrian state-run media channel. View More ›
Congress to Pentagon: No Dishonorable Discharges For Vaccine Refusals
Congress Acts to Ensure Honorable Discharges For Vaccine Refusal The Senate has passed the FY2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) including an amendment that would prohibit any discharge but an View More ›
Operation Christmas Drop And The Cargo Cults of the Pacific
WWII And The Religion Of The Great Silver Birds Of Vanuatu Island In 1942 the people of Tanna in the Vanuatu islands of what is now Melanesia in the South View More ›
Oklahoma Air Guard Pilot Awarded The Distinguished Flying Cross
For Extraordinary Aerial Achievement A press release by Capt. Jennifer Proctor of the 138th Fighter Wing has announced that Lt Col. Michael Coloney was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for View More ›
How Do Chinese Weapons Stack Up? China’s J-16D Fighter vs America’s EA-18G Growler
Electronic warfare is all the rage these days, and Chinese weapons are packed with electronics. With the unveiling of the newest Chinese weapons platform, here are some similarities and differences View More ›
Project Kaiju: Giant Monsters or the Air Force’s SkyNet?
“On the internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.” Or a giant monster. Project Kaiju is a new program by the Air Force to automate some functions of electronic warfare and View More ›
A Bridge Too Far: Operation Market Garden Begins on September 17, 1944
On September 17, 1944, the Allies launched Operation Market Garden, a bold and dangerous operation they had hoped would catapult their armies across the Rhine, into the heart of Germany, View More ›
AFSOC Moves Forward With Plans for an MC-130J Seaplane
Back in May during the annual Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC), the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) said it was looking into the development of a plane that View More ›
The Venerable B-52 Bomber: Why the Air Force Just Can’t Let Go
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 ›
Why Did a C-17 Pilot Have to Make This Decision in Kabul?
The images are already splashed all over the media: an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III rolling down the taxiway of Kabul’s airport while Afghan civilians run alongside it. Views cut View More ›