All Entries in the "Military" Category
AF In Hot Water Over Trainer Choice
The Air Force has apparently eliminated Hawker-Beechcraft's AT-6B from its light attack competition and selected Embraer's Super Tucano for a U.S. Air Force contract to supply up to 20 light air support - or counterinsurgency planes - to the fledgling Afghan air force.
Hawker says it has no idea yet why its plane was disqualified from [...]
Top Secret Spy Plane Revealed
The Air Force has a new UAV that can fly undetected into enemy territory, locate its target and fire off a directed energy beam that will shut off everything electronic from computers to entire city blocks.
Possibly more; they aren't saying.
Its called CHAMP - for Counter-electronics High-powered Microwave Advanced Missile Project - and Boeing supplies [...]
Canadian Snowbirds 2012 Schedule
(These are only U.S. appearances.)
May
26-27 Jones Beach, NY
July 7 Minot, ND
SEPTEMBER
8-9 Waukegan, Ill.
22-23 Duluth, Minn.
29-30 Rome, Ga.
October
6-7 Fort Worth, Texas
13-14 Daytona, Fla.
AF Pilot Racks Up 1,000 F-22 Hours
Despite the airplane's problems with its oxygen system, an Air Force Reserve pilot at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alas. made history Nov. 4 when he flew his 1,000th flight hour in an F-22 Raptor.
Lt. Col. David Piffarerio, the 302nd Fighter Squadron commander, became the first Air Force pilot to reach the historic milestone.
"This is a great [...]
Topgun Founder Dies
A British brigadier general and Fleet Air Arm pilot who was instrumental in the development of America's Topgun fighter pilot academy, has died at the age of 75.
Brig. Gen. Richard Stanley "Dick" Lord established his unusual role in 1968 when he was the foremost British instructor sent on exchange at Miramar NAS to train American [...]
Mackay Trophy Winners
Four Airmen were presented the Mackay Trophy by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz and National Aeronautic Association Chairman Walter Boyne during a ceremony Nov. 7 at Arlington, Va.
Retired Lt. Col. Donald Cornwell, Lt. Col. Dylan Wells, Capt. Leigh Larkin and Capt. Nicholas Tsougas flew a combat mission credited with killing more than [...]
Ten Guardsmen Get DFC’s
Ten California Air National Guardsmen from the 129th Rescue Wing were presented the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross Nov. 5 at a ceremony at Moffett field.
The 129th Rescue Wing Airmen from around the Bay Area heroically performed combat rescue missions in Afghanistan, often under hostile fire, in 2009 and 2010, the Air Guard said.
The Distinguished [...]
Carrier Skipper Dies
Capt. Dee Mewbourne assumed command of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in a ceremony Nov. 11, following the sudden death of Capt. Tushar Tembe.
The Navy confirmed that Capt. Tushar Tembe, 49, collapsed around 10 a.m. while departing the carrier, which is undergoing repairs at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth.
The Truman's medical response team provided [...]
How’s This For A Christmas Story?
A former Navy chaplain kicked out of the service for wearing his uniform in a protest at the White House has sued to get his conviction overturned, get back pay, and either reinstatement or full retirement.
His sin? Using Jesus's name in services.
Former Lt. Gordon Klingenschmitt's court-martial and dismissal was the culmination of a series of [...]
Navy Arming Its Fire Scouts
Northrop Grumman has begun helping the Navy arm the little MQ-8 Fire Scout drones with the Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System - basically, laser-guided 70-mm Hydra rockets, according to a company announcement.
The newly armed Fire Scouts will give ships - especially smaller ones that can't house MH-60 Sea Hawks - the ability to hunt down [...]
