A designated Marine Corps F/A-18 aviator must complete nearly four years of training The largest F/A-18 Hornet squadron in the U.S. Marine Corps is Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 101…
Tech. Sgt. Wesley Walker, an aircraft armament systems technician with the 354th Maintenance Squadron, was given the opportunity to view the mission from a vantage point he had never experienced…
Today, only slightly more than 5% of LaRivee’s job area is occupied by women, compared to her mother’s rarity as a female cadet in 1976 According to Senior Airman Sam…
The F-15 2040C concept is an extension of the Silent Eagle idea put forth to South Korea, focusing primarily on the most advanced air capabilities and lethality while also incorporating…
These simulators have a significant pricing advantage over actual F-15C flights, costing less than 1% of what an actual flight would normally cost The Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB) 337th…
In support of U.S. Central Command’s Operation Inherent Resolve, the 23rd Bomber Squadron delivered several B-52s to the Middle East The interesting pictures in this post depict a B-52H Stratofortress…
The only dedicated fixed-wing Personnel Recovery platform in the Air Force’s inventory is the HC-130P/N “King” On March 6, 2017, King 52, the first HC-130 designed for U.S. Air Force…
“We flew 4 F-15s and 4 F-22s against 14 ‘red air’ fighters: Blue Air killed 41 enemy aircraft and lost just one. While pretty phenomenal, perfection is our goal so…
When outfitted as a C-17, for example, VISTA’s highly modified F-16 will react like a C-17, not an F-16, simulating the flight characteristics of many different aircraft Students at Edwards…
On March 2, 2017, Lt. Col. Steven R. Smith, a flying instructor with the 93rd Bomb Squadron, surpassed the 10,000-hour milestone in the B-52 Stratofortress At Barksdale Air Force Base…