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Blue Angels Announce 2017 Selectees

July 19, 2016

The Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels) have announced their selection of new team members for the 2017 season. “I am inspired by all of those who applied this year View More ›

4 Star General: F-35A May Be Ready For ISIS This Fall

July 18, 2016

Gen. Hawk Carlisle, the head of Air Combat Command, says the F-35A may be ready for Initial Operational Capability (IOC) soon. The F-35 could enter the fight against ISIS as View More ›

F-16’s Almost Fire on Turkish Presidential Plane

July 18, 2016

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s plane was almost shot down by Turkish F-16’s on the night of the coup while he was en route to Istanbul. Turkish F-16’s harassed Turkish View More ›

Breaking news: FAA bans all flights from Turkey

July 17, 2016

Breaking news: As security situation in Turkey continues to deteriorate, FAA bans all flights to and from.

Watch: B-29 “Doc” Takes to Skies 60 Years Later

July 17, 2016

It took 16 years of labor and nearly 60 years since its last flight, but the B-29 SuperFortress known as “Doc” is flying again. (Sunday July 17, 2016) It truly View More ›

KC-46A Making Progress with Refueling Boom

July 15, 2016

Recent reports have noted the KC-46A Pegasus tanker has successfully refueled an F-16 and C-17. The boom had not been functioning properly, creating a major program delay. If the F-35 View More ›

Advanced Arresting Gear Has Issues

July 12, 2016

The new Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) has yet to be tested with a live aircraft and has had a troubled development past. A recent DoD Inspector General report questioned whether View More ›

Delta Flight Mistakenly Lands at Bomber Air Base

July 11, 2016

A Delta flight mistakenly landed at Ellsworth air force base in South Dakota instead of Rapid City Regional located 10 miles way. Every pilot probably has a story like this–or at least a View More ›

F-35 Contract May Come at Farnborough

July 10, 2016

The Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) contract for the F-35 Lots 9 & 10 might be announced later this week at the Farnborough International Air show. Joint program office officials View More ›

New F-35 Ejection Seat? Lockheed Martin Unaware

July 9, 2016

F-35 aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin has not been approached by the joint program office to weigh alternatives for replacing the F-35’s current ejection seat. Jeff Babione, Lockheed’s executive vice president View More ›