Marine Commandant Gen. Jim Amos revealed Feb. 18 at a breakfast meeting with reporters in DC that the Osprey fleet had passed a significant milestone recently with its birds deployed to Afghanistan. One of the Corps’ MV-22s deployed there had just passed its 100,000th flight hour. “If you’re an aviator, and I am, that’s a […]
From the monthly archives:
February 2011
We’ve known for a while now that the Air Force has been looking at various ways to upgrade or replace its fleet of E-8 JSTARS radar planes whose powerful radars scan the ground looking for everything from enemy vehicles to individual insurgents. However, during yesterday’s House Armed Services Committee hearing to discuss the services 2012 […]
So, it looks like 2011 will be the year when the U.S. military’s 21st century tactical aviation fleet really starts (and yes, it’s just the start) to take shape. Earlier this week we told you how the Air Force is set to receive its first training F-35s later this year. Now, the Navy’s EA-18G Growler electronic warfare […]
So, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said during a Senate hearing today that while China’s J-20 stealth fighter may have flown ” six months to a year” before our intelligence suggested, he’s still not worried that the airplane poses a serious threat to the U.S. This is because we’ll have nearly 500 fifth generation fighters by […]
Well, it looks like it’s actually going to happen. Real Air Force pilots flying real production model F-35s before the year’s end. From Defense News: The U.S. Air Force will begin training on new fifth-generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft before the end of the year, the program’s top official said. The 33rd Fighter […]
