Victory by Valor. It’s the motto of Air Combat Command’s 20th Fighter Wing, located at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, South Carolina, and it’s especially fitting given the wing’s View More ›
From The Cockpit: Fulcrum vs Viper
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania–all former members of the Cold War-era Soviet Union–joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in March of 2004. In doing so, the task of maintaining air sovereignty View More ›
South Carolina ANG F-16s Deploy to Poland
Just before 4AM on May 28th, the skies over the Palmetto State were torn apart, thanks to the Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 motor in charge of the moving the Block View More ›
Sentry Savannah: Robust, Cost-Effective Training
Despite Sentry Savannah being a fighter-centric exercise, air mobility personnel were already hard at work even before it had officially begun. A dozen C-130 Hercules and 5 C-17 Globemaster IIIs transports brought View More ›
Sentry Savannah: Air Dominance In The Hostess City
Our idea of air superiority is not that we win the fight like the RAF won the Battle of Britain, but that we win the fight in the other guy’s airspace…
Hornet vs Viper (Part Two)
In Hornet vs Viper (Part Two), an pilot who’s flown both F-16 and F-18 looks at the differences in preflight briefing, gear worn by pilots, and boarding and preparing for takeoff.
Washington DC Air National Guard’s 113th Wing Responds to 5,000th Alert!
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 ›
Burner Friday: Polish Air Force F-16
It’s that time again, everybody. Our weekly holiday trip to burnerville! Stupid? Yes. Accurate? Absolutely. For Burner Friday this week, we bring you some lovely plumage courtesy of our Viper-flying View More ›
Preventing G-LOC: The AGSM
After a somewhat tedious look at the scientific background to high gravitational (G) forces and how they affect the human body in flight, we need to understand how military aviators flying high-performance aircraft maintain consciousness and continue to press their attack View More ›
RTAF F-16 Crash
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 ›