The U.S. Air Force says its first KC-46A air refueling tanker will be operational in 2017. The term KC-46A is the military designation for the Boeing NewGen tanker, the winner …
If funding will permit, the U. S. Air Force may soon know whether, and how, it wants to replace the long-serving T-38 Talon supersonic trainer.
Service experts expect to release …
Pentagon officials acknowledge that the appearance of China’s Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter – an advanced stealth fighter in the category of the F-22 Raptor – is cause for concern. Defense …
It is a sign of our times that less than a week after the first flight of the new Chinese J-20 “Black Eagle” stealth fighter prototype, the worldwide media “experts” …
The first flight of the Chinese J-20 “Black Eagle” stealth fighter prototype on Jan. 11, 2010, provides growing proof of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force’s (PLAAF’s) intent to field …
Retired Lt. Col. Dale Zelko was a captain when he was assigned to the F-117 stealth program in Nevada in 1990. Zelko was the “Black Jet” pilot who was shot …
One of the unforgettable symbols of 1991 was the bizarre-looking F-117A Nighthawk, the world’s first stealth combat aircraft. Looking like something out of a Batman movie, the F-117 seemed born …
The Boeing RC-135V/W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft – using the same airframe as the KC-135 Stratotanker – is a familiar sight at overseas bases and along the borders of countries …
The Dec. 17, 1935 maiden flight of the DC-3 at Clover Field in Santa Monica, California did not produce huge expectations. Donald Douglas was not certain his company should build …
The Air Force is moving more slowly than it once expected to re-engine its Boeing E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) ground surveillance aircraft.
Air Force chief …
