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 …
U.S. Air Force
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 …
National Ballistic Missile Defense
Ballistic missile defense (BMD) – and especially the subcategory of national missile defense (NMD) – has become a topic of …
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 …