“I have to wonder what a fully-funded, fully-developed Tomcat would be like (…looks dreamily into space). I’m certain it would’ve had better reliability due to modern electronics and fewer compromises…
The Air Combat Command that controls the team cut the number of 2021 shows by eight performances (about one-third). The US Air Force (USAF) F-35 Demo Team, assigned to the…
USS Nimitz headed towards the South China Sea on Feb. 2, 2021, a few days after Chinese combat aircraft conducted a mock attack on USS Theodore Roosevelt. The Theodore Roosevelt…
Currently, Russia fields just one aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov. The “UMK Varan” is the latest Russian aircraft carrier concept unveiled by Nevskoe Design Bureau (PKB), part of Russia’s United Shipbuilding…
The AAG was working for an average of 48 traps before failing. According to Alert 5, the Pentagon’s Director, Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E) latest assessment of the Electromagnetic Aircraft…
This just-released video shows a rare formation with A-10s and the US Air Force Thunderbirds over Nevada. Brought to my attention by John Osbourn, a reader of #AW#, this just-released…
IOC enables VMFA-314 to deploy the F-35C onto aircraft carriers where they will be able to support combat operations anywhere in the world. In a time characterized by rapidly evolving…
The recently retired F/A-18C flew into Washington Dulles International Airport on Nov. 18, 2020, in preparation for display at the museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, at a later date.…
The 2020 show season marked the end of the service life of the aircraft the team has flown for 34 years. The 2021 show season will be the Blue Angels’…
In the F-14 cockpit, a combination of failures resulted in a display of the nose gear down. The LSOs did not see the gear up. Taken on Aug. 22, 1994,…