F-35B Flies With External Stores
Lockheed Martin recently released this video of the F-35B variant carrying external stores. Prominent among them is the stealthy centerline …
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X-37B’s First Two Missions Earn Success and Speculation
On Saturday, June 16, 2012, at 5:48 AM Pacific Daylight Time (12:48 Zulu), the X-37B program’s unmanned Orbital Test Vehicle …
Book Review – Thunderbolts of the Hell Hawks, by Don Barnes, John Crump, and Roy Sutherland
Once in a while, a book will capture your attention not because it’s educational, not because it’s entertaining, but because …
Capt. F. Gary Powers, CIA U-2 Pilot, Awarded the Silver Star
Capt. Francis Gary Powers, the pilot of the Central Intelligence Agency U-2 spy plane that was shot down over the …
An Interview With Col. Walter J. Boyne, USAF (Ret.)
The classic melody “Ode to Joy” from the final movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony welled up in the mind of …
The Stealth Debate
The importance of stealth as it applies to modern combat aircraft is at the center of a growing debate. Framed …
Chuck Gumm, the First Mustang Ace in the War Against Germany
First Lt. Charles F. Gumm, Jr. looked out from his cockpit, scanned the sky and scanned again.
He was called …
Interview With Lt. Gen. David Deptula, USAF (Ret.), CEO, Mav6
In July 2006, Lt. Gen. David Deptula was appointed as the U.S. Air Force’s first deputy chief of staff for …
A-10s, Live Munitions
As the A-10 is once more in the news, with Congress and the Air Force wrangling over its retirement, here …
A-10 Thunderbolt II Anniversary I Photos
Considering the amount of support the A-10 Thunderbolt II has provided ground troops over the course of its 40 years, …