Air Force Is Down To One Tired Old Jet To Fly Open Skies Surveillance Flights
The other OC-135 jet is in testing after receiving badly needed new digital cameras, but is years away from getting re-certified as treaty compliant.
The other OC-135 jet is in testing after receiving badly needed new digital cameras, but is years away from getting re-certified as treaty compliant.
Concern over the stability of America's shipbuilding industrial base is one major factor driving the plan.
The training exercises come amid a new spike in hostility with Iran, which uses its own nearby islands to stage various naval operations.
The photos you are about to see required intense planning, long off-trail hikes, and facing certain dangers to capture. The results are well worth it.
The exercise highlighted Russia's ability to rapidly deploy special operations forces in the inhospitable Arctic and pretty much anywhere else.
The Navy says it hopes this will "clear up any misconceptions by the public."
From a roach motel destined for the junk yard to a multi-purpose mothership, it paved the way for future US operations.
Reports that Kim is either dead or is in very poor health are increasing, but what comes after his demise is far from certain and could be horrific.
We can talk about S-3 Vikings, submarine dogfights off the Bahamas, geopolitics, long-range bomber sorties—you know, no big whoop.
The French jet makes an incredibly steep descent before it comes zooming in low and touches down.
The Secretary of Defense has asked for more time to review those recommendations, which could result in yet another political firestorm.
The highly detailed computer model will make it easier to identify potential points of failure to help keep the remaining bombers flying.
The agency has three of these helicopters assigned to a Virginia-based unit with a somewhat murky mission.
Operation America Strong will see the jets, as well as other aircraft, fly over multiple cities to promote "national unity."
The bomber flew a round-trip flight from South Dakota to Japan and back as part of the Air Force's new bomber strategy for the region.
This all comes as Iran has announced the successful launch of its first-ever military satellite into space.
The teams have come together at NAS Pensacola under mysterious circumstances and there are indications that a national flyover could be imminent.
Behold an amazing display of the Hawaii Air National Guard's resident airpower.
This is likely the first move in what the Air Force has said will be a far less predictable bomber deployment strategy for the region.
The state-run shipbuilding company responsible for both programs now has concerns about its long-term finances.