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 …
Aerospace
C-130J Super Hercules Makes Its Mark at Dyess Air Force Base
Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, is in the processing of becoming the world’s largest operator of the C-130J Super Hercules …
Sikorsky H-5 Combat Rescue in Korea
It was a hairy rescue that began ordinarily enough.
First Lieutenant Charles H. Field was the pilot of the 3rd …
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 …
‘Very Long Range’ P-51 Mustang Missions to Japan Taxed Pilots
To support the B-29 Superfortress armada gathered on Guam, Saipan and Tinian – and to make their own, unique contribution …
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 Martin XB-51 Bomber
If things had worked out differently, the U.S. Air Force might have had a force of B-51 bombers available in …
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 …
U.S. Navy Missile Defense: Building and Deploying the U.S. Navy’s Missile Fleet – With Urgency
For anyone younger than those of the baby boomer generation, it is impossible to fully understand the urgency the Cold …