Air Force F-35A Weapons Release
Lockheed Martin video of an Air Force F-35A completing the first in-flight weapons release of a 2,000 pound GBU-31 BLU-109 …
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U.S. Marine Corps Is Getting Back to Its Amphibious Roots
After more than a decade of being tied down in two prolonged land conflicts, during which it accumulated the heavy …
Enterprise Returns Home from Final Deployment
The USS Enterprise (CVN 65), the world’s first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, has come home for good after her 22nd …
U.S. Navy Missile Defense: Getting Surface-to-Air Missile Development Started
While the U.S. Navy has enjoyed unprecedented success in developing surface-to-air missiles for fleet air defense the path to success …
The Air-launched Munitions Market
From the first combat aircraft of World War I to the early days of the Korean War, the most-used and …
F-35C Integrated Direct Lift Control: How It Works
A few months ago NAVAIR issued a press release touting the F-35C’s new Integrated Direct Lift Control (IDLC), highlighting its …
Interview With Maj. Gen. James W. “Bill” Hyatt
In the year prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Army Air Corps (AAC) began construction of an aerial …
The Air Force of 2030
In his speech to the graduating Air Force Academy class of 2012 in May, President Barack Obama told the men …
Attack on Camp Bastion: VMA-211 Is Back in the Fight
After suffering the loss of its commanding officer and all but two of its aircraft in the attack on Camp …
VMA-211 Back in the Fight
VMA-211 AV-8B Harrier IIs land at Camp Bastion to continue the fight after the insurgent attack on Sept. 14, 2012. …