More restricted info on US fighter jets leaked in War Thunder game forums
FeaturedWIB airWIB culture January 18, 2023
Yet another leak has occurred in relation to the War Thunder simulation series of games, this time involving the F-15E Strike Eagle. The leak is one of several to recently pop up this year- and the second to involve US military aircraft. The newest update on the matter is... Read more
Archive: the harrowing tale of the US pilot who survived a 780-mph ejection, which nearly tore him to pieces in the process
FeaturedWIB airWIB historyWIB weapons July 15, 2022
By Tech. Sgt. Timothy P. Barela Editor’s Note: This event took place in the late 1990s, and the U.S. Air Force article was re-posted for the sake of posterity. On April 18, Capt. Brian Udell, an F-15E fighter pilot from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, will acknowledge the... Read more
Retired Air Force pilot becomes first civilian to solo in U-2 spy plane
Uncategorized August 5, 2020
Airman Luis Ruiz-Vazquez 9th Reconnaissance Wing Public Affairs History was made July 31, 2020, when U.S. Air Force retired Lt. Col. Jonathan Huggins, 1st Reconnaissance Squadron U-2 instructor, became the first civilian instructor in the U-2 program to fly solo. Huggins retired on Sep. 26, 2014 and has served... Read more
Tally! Red Flag exercise kicks off in Alaska
Uncategorized August 4, 2020
Contributor:Senior Airman Beaux Hebert354th FW Public Affairs RED FLAG-Alaska 20-3, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise designed to provide realistic training in a simulated combat environment, began today and is slated to run until Aug. 14. The 18th Aggressor Squadron and its F-16 Fighting Falcons will be playing the bad... Read more
Collision Course: China claims F-22 and Rafale have “No Chance” against the J-20
WIB air July 30, 2020
Chinese state-run media is challenging the United States and India, claiming that the J-20 “stealth fighter” is more than a match for American F-22 Raptor and India’s newly-acquired Rafale. Two articles regarding the J-20’s capabilities -posted on the same day- were featured in the South China Morning Post and... Read more
Handling It: The tight -and often difficult- relationships between military K-9s and their handlers
Uncategorized July 16, 2020
Story by Senior Airman Olivia Grooms 379th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs It’s a hot summer day at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar when Military Working Dog (MWD) AAslan gets ready to search another vehicle coming onto the installation. U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Angel Flores, 379th Expeditionary Security... Read more
America’s First B-21 Bomber Was a Bust
Uncategorized March 1, 2016
The U.S. Air Force has been especially tight-lipped about the specifics of its upcoming Long Range Strike Bomber. The Northrop Grumman-designed plane doesn’t even have an official nickname, yet. But we do know one thing — its designation. The B-21. “The designation B-21 recognizes the LRS-B as the first... Read more
In mid-February 2016, the U.S. government finally admitted what observers had long known — that the Pentagon stashed atomic weapons on the Japanese island of Okinawa during the Cold War. This despite repeated official denials and Tokyo’s long-standing opposition to nuclear weapons. The National Security Archive at George Washington... Read more
The U.S. Air Force Still Plans to Prematurely Retire the A-10
Uncategorized February 19, 2016
Supporters of the U.S. Air Force’s A-10 Warthog attack jet celebrated in February when the Pentagon announced that the flying branch would delay retiring the heavily-armored, gun-armed planes until 2022, eventually replacing the A-10 squadrons one at a time with units flying the new F-35 stealth fighter. Previously, the... Read more
Aviation Scribe Robert F. Dorr Soars Toward His Own Sunset
Uncategorized January 23, 2016
Robert F. Dorr was a teenager when he became a military writer. Just 16 years old and a high-school student, he got an opinion piece into the November 1955 issue of Air Force Magazine. The young pundit contended that the U.S. Air Force needed to pay more attention to... Read more
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