The U.S. Air Force is the world’s most formidable air arm. It can deliver precision-guided explosive instruments of American policy to any location on earth.
At a time when the …
The U.S. Air Force announced February 27 that the turboprop Embraer EMB-314B Super Tucano won the $427 million Light Air Support, or LAS, contract to supply 20 aircraft to the …
Only two commercial supersonic transports (SSTs) have ever flown regular passenger schedules – the short-lived Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 and the Aérospatiale (now EADS)-BAC (now BAE) Concorde.
The Tu-144 was both …
For three days, Jan. 29-31, 2013, industry reps and Air Force officials convened in intense and cordial meetings at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to talk about a new aircraft …
The U.S. Air Force would like to begin the New Year by breathing new life into its Light Air Support (LAS) program.
The program aims to put 20 light, armed …
Any document with a 23-page table of contents is going to be a challenge, not just to the everyday citizen but to someone who spends time analyzing.
Exactly such a …
The Wide Area Aerial Surveillance (WAAS) systems that found improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Iraq and Afghanistan now lend themselves to domestic counterterrorism, border patrol, drug interdiction, and disaster management.…
The period from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s was a time of extraordinary developments in remote sensing for overhead photographic intelligence. With the creation of the U-2 and A-12 spyplanes, …
Lockheed Martin released this video of F-35A high angle of attack testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. this week. Note the big spin recovery parachute rig bolted to the …
The crash of an F-22 Raptor near Tyndall Air Force Base in the Florida panhandle on November 15 is prompting discussion about cost and safety issues surrounding America’s most controversial …
