All Entries in the "Military" Category
Prowler Comes Home At Last
A Northrop Grumman manufactured EA-6B Prowler has returned home to its birthplace on Long Island, N.Y., following a long, successful service with the U.S. Navy.
Flown by a U.S. Navy aircrew from Electronic Attack Squadron 129 (VAQ-129), the aircraft arrived at the American Air Power Museum following its final cross-country flight from Naval Air Station, Whidbey [...]
Some F-22s Grounded Again
The Gazillion dollar F-22 Raptor, at least those at the 1st Fighter Wing at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., have been grounded again.
An Air Force spokesman, Maj. Chad Steffey, said that the grounding decision is limited to the Virginia base. Wing commander, Col. Kevin Robbins made the decision after an incident.
While details were not [...]
DARPA Has One Fast Flying Machine
How fast is fast?
No, we're talking r e a l l l l y fast. So fast that you could leave any spot on the globe and be anywhere else in the world in an hour.
The Defense Research Projects Agency (DARPA) thinks they know, Mach 20, and they think they have the vehicle to do [...]
What Has Happened To Our World?
You just knew this was coming.
A disabled Navy veteran (carpal tunnel syndrome) from Connecticut is going to court to try to force the Department of Veterans Affairs to recognize her marriage to her longtime female partner.
Carmen Cardona, who filed a notice of appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, plans to [...]
Navy Says No To Reality Wives
Several weeks ago, a Hollywood production company began advertising for a new "reality" show to be called The Military Wives of San Diego, or something close.
It's not known how many responded but the ad has finally come to the attention of Navy brass and they are, shall we say, not amused. So unamused, in fact, [...]
F-35 Too Expensive?
DoD may not be able to afford all three versions of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter after all.
The new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, put Capitol Hill on notice regarding the F-35B, the Marines VSTOL version of the aircraft, which is over budget and way behind deadlines.
Dempsey, In his first [...]
Grasshopper For Musuem
The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio has accepted its latest addition, an L-2M "Grasshopper" that was used at the U.S. Army Air Forces (AAF) Liaison Pilot Training School during World War II.
Manufactured in 1944 by the Taylorcraft Airplane Co. in Alliance, Ohio, the aircraft accumulated 230 hours of [...]
F-22s cleared To Fly Again
After four months, F-22 Raptors are flying again ... sort of.
The commander of Air Combat Command directed a stand-down of the fleet May 3 as a safety precaution, following 12 separate reported incidents where pilots experienced hypoxia-like symptoms. The incidents occurred over a three-year period beginning in April 2008.
Officials remain focused on the priorities of [...]
Red Arrows Flying Again
Britain's aerobatic show team, the Red Arrows, returned to the skies last month, their first aerobatic display as an eight-man team after the death of Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging.
Egging, 33, of Rutland, died when his aircraft crashed near Bournemouth Airport on August 20 after performing at an air show (PF, Sept. '11).
Since his death, [...]
Presidential Pilot Dies
Col. Ralph Albertazzie, 88, who flew Air Force One for Presidents Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson and Dwight D. Eisenhower, has died at his home in Berkeley Country, West Virginia.
Albertazzie wrote two books inspired by his years as the presidential pilot a, novel called "Hostage One" and a nonfiction book called "The Flying White House: The [...]
