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 »
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 »
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 »
A-10 Thunderbolt II: TLPS Upgrades Keep “Hogs” Current to 2028 or Beyond
By Jan Tegler in Aerospace under Defense Technology, Featured, News with 3 comments
For the first time in almost 33 years of operational service, the A-10 Thunderbolt II has an integrated sustainment/modernization program worthy of its impressive record as a close-air-support/ground attack aircraft for the USAF. ...more »
F-35B Makes First Vertical Landing
By Chuck Oldham (Editor) in Aerospace under Defense Technology, Featured, News with 2 comments
F-35B BF-1 followed up its first “free air” hover earlier in the week with its first vertical landing yesterday, March 18, 2010.
“Today’s vertical landing onto a 95-foot square pad showed that we have ...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 »
F-35B BF-1 Performs First Hover and Short Takeoff
By Chuck Oldham (Editor) in Aerospace under Defense Technology, Featured, News with 1 comment
Lockheed Martin has released a video of F-35B BF-1’s first “free air” hover on March 17, 2010. An accompanying press release stated that Lead STOVL Pilot Graham Tomlinson put BF-1 into STOVL mode ...more »
Guns of the Kiowa Warriors
By Scott R. Gourley in Aerospace under Defense Technology, Featured, News with 1 comment
The U.S. Army is nearing completion on a machine gun replacement program that is providing a significant expansion of battlefield capabilities for the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior fleet.
Described as “the highest OPTEMPO aircraft in ...more »
Light Utility Helicopter: UH-72A Lakota Introduction Progresses Rapidly
By Jan Tegler in Aerospace under Defense Technology, News with no comments
“The biggest benefit for me is the lower workload, and that’s a direct result of the aircraft’s altitude hold and autopilot. I’ve always had to hand-fly everything I’ve flown,” said CW4 Mike Tucker, ...more »
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