Aerospace Stories
Have Cultural Barriers Blocked LTA Vehicles?
By J.R. Wilson in Aerospace under Commentary, Defense Technology, Featured with no comments
The military’s approach to airships since 1960 has a number of critics, from retired USAF Lt. Col. Ed Herlik, who worked on high altitude airships for the USAF Space Command, to former combat/test ...more »
No More C-17s for the Air Force ?
By Robert F. Dorr in Aerospace under Defense Issues, Featured, News with 1 comment
As government prepares for debate in the fall over the fiscal year 2011 defense budget, some observers believe that a Washington tradition – an annual budget slugfest over the Air Force’s hefty C-17 ...more »
C-27s Begin Training Program at Home and Operations Abroad
By Robert F. Dorr in Aerospace under Defense Technology, Featured, News with 3 comments
The U. S. Air Force is quietly making progress with its C-27J Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) – the newest fixed-wing aircraft in inventory, intended to haul cargoes “the last tactical mile” amid front-line ...more »
Big Sky Guardsmen Fly Top Cover for Hawaii
By Robert F. Dorr in Aerospace under Defense Issues, Defense Technology, Featured, News with no comments
The F-15 Eagle pilots of the Montana Air National Guard are taking on a new job thousands of miles from the expansive “Big Sky Country” where they live.
They’re defending Hawaii.
The strategic importance of ...more »
The U-28A Quietly Serves SOCOM
By Robert F. Dorr in Aerospace under Defense Technology, Featured with no comments
A new aircraft entered U.S. inventory shortly after Oct. 1, 2005, when Air Force Special Operations Command activated the 319th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The squadron soon received six U-28A ...more »
Down in the Weeds: Biofuel for the Super Hornet
By Eric Tegler in Aerospace under Defense Technology, Featured with no comments
In the not-too-distant future aircraft carrier deck refueling personnel or “purple shirts” as they’re commonly known, may be gassing up F/A-18 Super Hornets and other carrier aircraft with a biofuel blend derived from ...more »
Topgun Days: Dogfighting, Cheating Death, and Hollywood Glory as One of America’s Best Fighter Jocks
By Robert F. Dorr in Aerospace under Commentary, Defense Issues, Defense Technology, Featured with 6 comments
The U.S. Navy officially retired its last F-14 Tomcat in September 2006, (the actual last flight was Oct. 4) but the twin-engined, supersonic, variable sweep fighter enjoys a permanent place in lore, due ...more »
Washington Prepares for a Heated “Fighter Gap” Debate in the Fall
By Robert F. Dorr in Aerospace under Commentary, Defense Issues, Featured with no comments
Some Washington observers are saying that without some change in administration policy, there will be separate “fighter gaps” in the U.S. Air Force and the U. S. Navy that will hinder America’s defense ...more »
AT-6B Texan II Shines at JEFX, But the Future Is Unclear
By Robert F. Dorr in Aerospace under Defense Technology, Featured, News with no comments
The Hawker Beechcraft AT-6B Texan II is being tested in realistic, mock-war conditions at a time when the U. S. Air Force may have a declining interest in light-armed combat aircraft.
As part of ...more »
Harvest Hawk Gives the KC-130J Bite
By Eric Tegler in Aerospace under Defense Technology, Featured with no comments
Affirming recommendations outlined in the latest Quadrennial Defense Review, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates stressed in a February Pentagon briefing that DoD would continue to switch acquisition resources from high-end/niche programs to dual-use ...more »
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