National Ballistic Missile Defense
Ballistic missile defense (BMD) – and especially the subcategory of national missile defense (NMD) – has become a topic of …
U.S. Air Force
Reinvigorating Research and Development
The United States emerged from World War II as a global leader in technology, replacing defeated Germany and being challenged …
Beechcraft Corporation’s Light Air Support (LAS) Contract Protest Denied by GAO
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on June 13 denied Beechcraft Corporation’s protest of the U.S. Air Force contract award to …
Combat Dragon II Demonstrates OV-10G+ Bronco Capabilities
In recent months, the U.S. special operations community has been quietly evaluating two North American OV-10G+ Bronco light combat aircraft …
Continuous Bomber Presence Keeps the B-52 Visible in the Western Pacific
Continuous Bomber Presence, or CBP, is the Pentagon’s term for an ongoing show of force by nuclear capable B-52 Stratofortress …
First F-35A In-Flight Missile Launch
In this video released by Lockheed Martin, an F-35A makes the first in-flight missile launch, of an AIM-120 AMRAAM, from …
Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) 2012-2013
Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) has maintained numerous deployments to combat zones, worked numerous issues to modernize its fleet …
Urgent Fury: U.S. Special Operations Forces in Grenada, 1983
Located 1,530 miles southeast of Miami, Fla., the island of Grenada was sighted by Christopher Columbus in 1498 on his …
Tuskegee Airmen in Operation Corkscrew
Pantelleria and Lampedusa, two islands located about 50 miles off the Tunisian coast, were strategically located in the middle of …
JSOC and the Hunt for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi: The End Game
On Feb. 22, 2006, the Askaria shrine in Samarra, nicknamed the Golden Mosque for its glistening dome and one of …