F-22s Fly “Bittersweet” Final Missions at Holloman Air Force Base
It had to be a bittersweet moment on June 30, 2010 when Col. David “Kooler” Krumm took over command from …
Fighter Aircraft
Big Sky Guardsmen Fly Top Cover for Hawaii
The F-15 Eagle pilots of the Montana Air National Guard are taking on a new job thousands of miles from …
Book Review – Topgun Days: Dogfighting, Cheating Death, and Hollywood Glory as One of America’s Best Fighter Jocks
The U.S. Navy officially retired its last F-14 Tomcat in September 2006, (the actual last flight was Oct. 4) but …
Washington Prepares for a Heated “Fighter Gap” Debate in the Fall
Some Washington observers are saying that without some change in administration policy, there will be separate “fighter gaps” in the …
Shiny New Hybrid
National security threats may have changed, but more to the point, they’ve multiplied, analysts say. A superpower can no longer …
Sacrificing Air Sovereignty?
In Pentagon talk, it used to be called air defense. Today it’s commonly known as the Air Sovereignty Alert (ASA) …
U.S. Air Force Year in Review
The United States Air Force is changing.
While airmen perform superbly in Iraq and Afghanistan and in air sovereignty operations …
F-35B BF-1 Performs First Hover and Short Takeoff
Lockheed Martin has released a video of F-35B BF-1’s first “free air” hover on March 17, 2010. An accompanying press …
Interview With Australian Defence Attaché Air Vice-Marshal Kym Osley, AM, CSC
Air Vice-Marshal (AVM) Kym Osley, AM, CSC, is the head of Australian Defence Staff (Washington), and is located at the …
F-22 Raptor Myths
Cost – The F-22 Raptor is much more expensive to procure per unit than the F-35 Lightning II – In …