This week is starting off a bit rocky for U.S.-made stealth jets with news that F-22 Raptors at Langley AFB, Va., and Elmendorf AFB, Ak., (I’m sorry, Joint Bases Langley and Elmendorf) have been grounded due to new concerns about the jets’ oxygen systems. From the Anchorage Daily News: Air Force officials said an F-22 […]
From the monthly archives:
October 2011
Check out these pictures that Steve Trimble snapped of the latest stealth fighter design to hit the international market. They pics show Korean Aircraft Industries’ proposed stealthy next-gen fighter that was unveiled at the Seoul Air Show this week. South Korea plans to field the plane, dubbed KF-X, in the next nine years as a […]
I don’t care what you think of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, this picture of an F-35B sitting in the hangar deck of the USS Wasp is pretty sexy. Happy Friday.
Now that Gadhafi has been eliminated we thought we’d take a look back at NATO’s military campaign to support the Libyan rebels. As of this writing, NATO has conducted a total of 26,089 sorties, including 9,618 strike sorties against Gadhafi’s forces since March 31. Just yesterday, NATO jets conducted 16 strike missions and flew a total of […]
The latest AP reports out of Libya say that it was a NATO strike may have killed Gadhafi. We’ve got calls in to the Pentagon. More to come. From the AP: Libya’s information minister said Moammar Gadhafi was killed Thursday when revolutionary forces overwhelmed his hometown, Sirte, the last major bastion of resistance two months […]
