NACA: Helping to Win World War II
A few months after the D-Day invasion, Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Dwight Eisenhower and his son John – …
Bomber Aircraft
Iconic AFSOC Aircraft
Carter Harman took the job to be near his mother.
The R-4B Hoverfly was built in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Harman was …
V-E Day Commemorated by Warbird Flyover
Today, on Victory in Europe, or V-E Day, beginning just after 12:00 PM, a massive flyover of 15 successive formations …
Red Flag Aircraft
An Air Force video of an assortment of aircraft seen from the flight line as they participate in Red Flag …
Book Review – Flying Warbirds: An Illustrated Profile of the Flying Heritage Collection’s Rare WWII-Era Aircraft
Dozens of coffee table books covering vintage aircraft have been published, and most of those dozens concentrate on vintage warbirds. …
Boeing to Modernize 10 More B-52s With CONECT Digital Communications Upgrade
The B-52 Stratofortress bomber first flew more than 60 years ago, and was built for Cold War missions, but the …
Welsh: Air Force Risks Becoming Too Small to Succeed under Sequestration
By Natalie Stanley, Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs Command Information
During testimony on Capitol Hill Jan. 28, …
B-52 Lands at RAAF Base Darwin
As part of U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Air Force rotational presence in the Pacific, a B-52 Stratofortress stationed at …
More Airstrikes Against ISIL in Iraq and Syria
Airstrikes by United States and partner nation aircraft continued against ISIL terrorists in Syria Nov. 7-10, with bomber, …
DARPA’s Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) Program Enters Phase 3
Raytheon Company has begun flight-testing the airborne component of DARPA’s Persistent Close Air Support program (PCAS-Air), entering Phase 3 of …