Light Attack Aircraft: The Super Tucano, the AT-6 and the Blue Kool-Aid
The competition for a light attack aircraft between the Sierra Nevada/Embraer A-29B Super Tucano and the Beechcraft AT-6 – formerly …
U.S. Air Force
Deborah James Named to Become Air Force Secretary
Deborah James is the White House’s choice to become Secretary of the Air Force, President Barack Obama announced on August …
The Air-Sea Battle Concept: Defense Strategic Guidance and JOAC
President Barack H. Obama, Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin …
Outsourcing Strategic Airlift: NATO’s Two Very Different Solutions
In this age of coalition warfare and continuous global deployments, nearly every nation’s military regularly needs at least some strategic …
Operation Gomorrah
On the evening of Saturday, July 24, 1943, members of the German military mingled with civilians and prepared to enjoy …
The Air-Sea Battle Concept: Antecedents
As noted in the previous post, the Air-Sea Battle Concept had antecedents in the Air-Land Battle Doctrine. Given that the …
The Air-Sea Battle Concept: New Strategy for a New Era
The Secretary of Defense recently released the long-awaited document, Air-Sea Battle: Service Collaboration to Address Anti-Access & Area Denial Challenges. …
Pilot Recounts Tales of SR-71 Blackbird
Lockheed Martin recently released this video recounting SR-71 Blackbird tales. Interesting stuff.…
The Navy’s X-47B Flies With Air Force Engine
Few realize that as the X-47B performed touch-and-goes on the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) a week after its …
Should Air Force Col. Philip J. Conran Receive the Medal of Honor?
It’s not too late for the U.S. Air Force to reexamine whether a Medal of Honor should be awarded to …