Air Power Abandoned: Dropping the F-22
Robert F. Dorr’s latest book Air Power Abandoned: Robert Gates, the F-22 Raptor and the Betrayal of America’s Air …
Fighter Aircraft
U.S. Air Force F-16s, Personnel Deploy to Turkey
The U.S. Air Force has deployed a small detachment of six Aviano-based F-16s, support equipment and about 300 personnel …
Book Review – 365 Aircraft You Must Fly
Robert F. Dorr’s 365 Aircraft You Must Fly is a great introduction to the fascinating variety of civilian and …
NACA: The Jet Age and Beyond
For survivors of the greatest conflict in history, the brave new post-World War II landscape could not have been …
F-35B Makes First Ski Jump Launch
Once a feat performed only by Harriers, an F-35B makes the first takeoff from a “ski jump,” soon to be …
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 – …
QF-4 Phantom Pharewell Looms
On June 3, 2015, Lt. Col. Ronald King flew solo for the first time in the QF-4 Phantom II, from …
South Carolina ANG F-16s Deploy to Poland
South Carolina Air National Guard 169th Fighter Wing F-16s have deployed to Poland.
An aviation detachment of F-16 Block …
Book Review – Stay the Rising Sun
Phil Keith’s Stay the Rising Sun provides an intimate portrait of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV 2), her …
VMFA-121 F-35B Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP)
Cpl. Travis Gersheneck shot this video of F-35Bs carrying out field carrier landing practice (FCLP). F-35B pilots Maj. Aric Liberman …