“There are threats out there that would be difficult to defeat and defend against with our current sensor suite.”
1st Air Force: “We Need Better Radar In Our Jets”
March 23, 2015
Washington DC Air National Guard’s 113th Wing Responds to 5,000th Alert!
March 22, 2015
Yesterday, the DC Air National Guard’s 113th Wing reached a huge milestone for its Aerospace Control Alert (ACA) Detachment. When the klaxon sounded, it was alert event number 5,000. Even View More ›
South Carolina Guard F-16s Help Rescue Boaters
March 10, 2015
This month, members of the South Carolina National Guard are involved in a massive, state-wide disaster response exercise. Dubbed Vigilant Guard, the exercise involves both National Guard as well as View More ›
Naha Air Base: 400 Scrambles In A Year (!!?)
March 9, 2015
Aircraft from Naha Air Base have scrambled more than 400 times between March of last year and the present day. Think about that for a moment. Four HUNDRED times–more than once per day.
Royal Australian Air Force learning to GROWL
March 7, 2015
Five Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) aviators recently completed training for the Boeing EA-18G Growler at NAS Whidbey Island, Washington. Although the RAAF currently operates the two-seat Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet View More ›
Ryan PT-22 “Recruit” Crashes on Los Angeles-Area Golf Course (Update)
March 5, 2015
TMZ has obtained audio from today’s incident involving Harrison Ford’s Ryan PT-22 at a Golf Course near the Santa Monica Municipal Airport this afternoon. According to the audio, the pilot View More ›
Ryan PT-22 “Recruit” Crashes on Los Angeles-Area Golf Course
March 5, 2015
A small plane owned by Harrison Ford has crashed on a golf course near Venice, California. The pilot, described as the “single male occupant,” suffered cuts on his head is View More ›
Turkish Air Force Phantoms Down
February 25, 2015
Last night, two McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom IIs of the Türk Hava Kuvvetleri crashed during a training exercise. Sadly, according to the Turkish General Staff, all four crew members were View More ›
USMC Harrier pilot earns Air Medal
February 22, 2015
For any aviator, military or civilian, one of the most dangerous – or shall we say, incident prone – phases of flight is the approach and landing phase. Even though aircraft View More ›
RTAF F-16 Crash
February 20, 2015
Misfortune has struck the Royal Thai Air Force during it’s joint Thai-U.S. led, multinational exercise known as Cobra Gold. This morning a RTAF F-16 from 1 Wing crashed, sadly killing View More ›