Aerospace Stories
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 »
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 »
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 »
The State of U.S. Air Force Airlift
By J.R. Wilson in Aerospace under Defense Issues, Defense Technology, Featured, Print Edition with 1 comment
The state of airlift for the U.S. military, despite a decade of the highest continuous demand since World War II, remains good, meeting ongoing demands from the troop drawdown in Iraq, simultaneous surge ...more »
Prompt Global Strike: The Answer for Today’s Wars, or a Hypersonic Mistake?
By Robert F. Dorr in Aerospace under Commentary, Defense Issues, Defense Technology, Featured with 1 comment
Is it a substitute for a new bomber? Is it a bold new weapon of war? Or is it a costly, dangerous experiment that might increase the likelihood of a nuclear conflict?
When the ...more »
Shiny New Hybrid: World Aerospace Developments 2009
By Eric Tegler in Aerospace under Defense Issues, Defense Technology, Featured, Print Edition with no comments
National security threats may have changed, but more to the point, they’ve multiplied, analysts say. A superpower can no longer specialize in one set at the expense of another. Traditional defense strategy and ...more »
Sacrificing Air Sovereignty?
By Robert F. Dorr in Aerospace under Defense Issues, Defense Technology, Featured with 2 comments
In Pentagon talk, it used to be called air defense. Today it’s commonly known as the Air Sovereignty Alert (ASA) mission.
It’s the modern-day term for protecting the skies of North America. During the ...more »
U.S. Air Force Year in Review: A Changing Force
By Robert F. Dorr in Aerospace under Defense Issues, Defense Technology, Featured, Print Edition with 3 comments
The United States Air Force is changing.
While airmen perform superbly in Iraq and Afghanistan and in air sovereignty operations defending U.S. skies, the Air Force is making dramatic shifts in people, platforms, and ...more »
Vice Adm. David J. Venlet, NAVAIR Commander, Nominated to Lead JSF Program
By Chuck Oldham (Editor) in Aerospace under Defense Issues, Featured, News with no comments
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced March 16, 2010 that President Barack Obama had nominated Vice Adm. David J. Venlet for reappointment to the rank of vice admiral and assignment as director ...more »
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