B-2 Spirit 25th Anniversary | Photos
This month marked the 25th anniversary of the first public flight of the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit “stealth bomber” on …
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F-35B Lightning IIs Miss Farnborough Airshow, Remain Within Restricted Flight Envelope
Rear Adm. John Kirby confirmed in a Department of Defense briefing that the four F-35B Lightning IIs scheduled to fly …
F-35 Returns to (Limited) Flight
U.S. Air Force and Navy airworthiness authorities yesterday approved the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter fleet returning to limited …
AFSOC: Missions Everywhere, All the Time, and a Revised Modernization Plan
Air Force Special Operations Commander Lt. Gen. Eric Fiel has maintained his command’s focus on the current mission, the people, …
U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy Join Forces to Build and Load Naval Mines on B-1B Lancers
Part of what the U.S. Department of Defense’s Air-Sea Battle Concept seeks to do is to better integrate the various …
Hurricane Hunters Get Into the Swing of Things During First Mission of the Hurricane Season
Even though the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) Prediction Center has forecasting a mostly calm Atlantic hurricane season, that …
Two B-2 Spirit Bombers Deploy to England
Two B-2 Spirit bombers arrived at RAF Fairford on June 8, in one of the strongest efforts yet to reassure …
Marine Corps Update: Legacy and Leading-Edge Aviation
For the Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) smallest component, personnel and budget issues have been historic challenges, but few could match …
U.S. OKs Nearly $1 Billion Arms Deal for Iraq
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has notified Congress that it has received the green light from the State Department …
U.S. Navy T-34C Turbo Mentor Crashes in Gulf of Mexico
A U.S. Navy Beechcraft T-34C Turbo Mentor assigned to Training Squadron 28 (VT-28) crashed during a routine training mission over …