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30 November 2009
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'Agressors' train Guard pilots
A mobile training team from the 18th Aggressor Squadron spent a week providing unit-level training for Hawaii Air National Guard pilots....
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25 November 2009
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Faulkner's Folly
The Australian government has approved $3.2 billion for the purchase of 14 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters ( JSF ). Included in this is a test aircraft that will be delivered in the U.S. in 2014 to take part in test and training activities. ... |
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24 November 2009
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Blind Faith
It is reported in today’s The Australian that defence chiefs support the purchase of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). In other news, the sun set in the west, and Britney Spears lip syncs parts of her live performance.... |
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23 November 2009
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18th AMU keeps Fighting Falcons flying
The 18th Aircraft Maintenance Unit is an important team to Eielson Air Force Base. The hard work they perform keeps the F-16 Fighting Falcons, more commonly known as Aggressors, flying in RED FLAG-Alaska. ...
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16 November 2009
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P&W delivers F100-229 engines to PAF
Pratt & Whitney has delivered the first Pakistani Air Force F100-PW-229 Engine Enhancement Package (EEP) engine to Pakistan this week, for installation in their F-16 Block 52 aircraft. ...
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16 November 2009
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Fourth F-35 takes to the skies
Lockheed Martin's first optimized conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) F-35 fighter made its inaugural flight on Saturday, Nov. 14, the fourth F-35 to begin flight operations. It marked the 130th flight overall in the program....
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15 November 2009
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F-35B arrives at Pax and production representative F-35A first flight
Update 2 --- BF-1, the first production representative short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) F-35B Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) has arrived at Naval Air Station Patuxent River Maryland. Source: Graham Warwick of Aviation Week via Twitter. The plan is to start 30 days of testing to build down toward the first vertical landing....
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12 November 2009
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Only ANG pilot selected to 1st F-35 cadre
Since Maj. Jay Spohn joined the Air National Guard in 1999, he has taken the skies by storm....
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06 November 2009
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Finding a cure for No Fault Found
Intermittent Fault Detectors address the all too familiar No Fault Found and cannot duplicate situations within the avionics repair and maintenance business....
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04 November 2009
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SCANG unit wins international F-16 competition
The South Carolina Air National Guard's 169th Fighter Wing was named the overall winner of Falcon Air Meet 2009, a three-nation F-16 Fighting Falcon competition, held here through to November 3rd. ...
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02 November 2009
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Wolf Pack excel at Red Flag Alaska
While the pilots strategize during intelligence briefings and planning meetings, maintainers and munitions Airmen safely load "live" bombs and make sure the jets are ready for combat....
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