Featured in Air National GuardBYBrett TingleyJan 6, 2022ShareCyber Command Task Force Conducted Its First Offensive Operation As The Secretary Of Defense WatchedThe operation is another sign of the rapidly evolving nature of warfare in the digital domain and the future importance of offensive cyber operations. BYBrett TingleyJan 6, 2022ShareBYJoseph TrevithickSep 23, 2021ShareStealthy F-117 Nighthawks Have Been Masquerading As Cruise MissilesThe “retired” F-117s are ideal surrogates for cruise missiles, which have small target signatures and threaten the U.S. and its interests abroad. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 23, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickSep 16, 2021ShareTwo NATO Fighters Accidentally Flew Behind The Iron Curtain 60 Years Ago TodayAt a time of extreme Cold War tensions, straying into Warsaw Pact airspace could hardly have been more dangerous. BYThomas NewdickSep 16, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickApr 16, 2021ShareTargeting Pods Are Being Tested On Air National Guard C-130 Hercules Transports (Updated)Adding the proven Litening advanced targeting pod to the C-130H could help give the aging airlifters a new lease of life. BYThomas NewdickApr 16, 2021ShareBYJamie HunterNov 27, 2020ShareHow F-16 Testers Are Evolving The Jet’s New Radar Beyond The Homeland Defense MissionRapid deployment of a new AESA radar with the Air National Guard is being followed-up with advanced testing for the full suite of F-16 missions. BYJamie HunterNov 27, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowaySep 1, 2020ShareOver 200 Guard And Reserve F-16s Can Now Carry The Dragon’s Eye Radar PodThe pod offers a bolt-on advanced radar that can scan from the sides of the jet, allowing it to do things even an advanced nose-mounted radar can’t. BYTyler RogowaySep 1, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayAug 14, 2020SharePortland Air National Guard Base Will Be Home To The First Operational F-15EX Eagle UnitThe 142nd Fighter Wing will transition to the F-15EX after the schoolhouse in Klamath Falls receives the type. BYTyler RogowayAug 14, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareUSAF Eyeing New Props and Upgraded Engines To Breathe Extra Life Into Old C-130HsThe upgrades could expand the capabilities of the aging airlifters and save the service millions in maintenance and fuel costs. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareThis USAF Intelligence Squadron’s Insignia Appears to Show the “F-19 Specter”It’s officially a “generic” airplane, but it sure looks like someone got their inspiration from the fictitious design. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareObscure National Guard Spy Plane Assesses Hurricane Harvey’s AftermathThe RC-26B Condor’s main job is hunting drug smugglers, but the planes routinely help out after natural disasters. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 22, 2018ShareUSAF’s Next Budget Request Will Include New F-15X Advanced Eagle Fighter Jets: ReportWe revealed the existence of the F-15X concept last July and now it seems like it may become a line-item in the upcoming 2020 defense budget. BYTyler RogowayDec 22, 2018ShareBYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickOct 17, 2018ShareLt. Col. Seth ‘Jethro’ Nehring Was USAF F-15 Pilot Who Died In Su-27 Crash In UkraineMembers of the California Air National Guard’s 144th Fighter Wing were in Ukraine for the first time ever to train when the accident happened. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickOct 17, 2018ShareBYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickOct 17, 2018ShareUkrainian Su-27UB Flanker Crashes, Reportedly Killing Ukrainian and U.S. Pilots Onboard (Updated)The jet had been taking part in the Clear Sky 2018 multi-national training exercise which included F-15C/Ds from the California Air National Guard. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickOct 17, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 29, 2018ShareThis Is What It Looks Like When You Get Intercepted By An F-15C EaglePortland based F-15s are tasked with protecting the skies over the Pacific Northwest, and if they show up off your wing, you did something wrong. BYTyler RogowayMar 29, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayFeb 5, 2018ShareIt’s Back To The Future For U.S. F-15C Eagles And Conformal Fuel TanksPaired with a new missile launcher, the conformal fuel tanks won’t only improve the Air National Guard F-15C fleet’s range, but also its combat punch. BYTyler RogowayFeb 5, 2018Share
BYBrett TingleyJan 6, 2022ShareCyber Command Task Force Conducted Its First Offensive Operation As The Secretary Of Defense WatchedThe operation is another sign of the rapidly evolving nature of warfare in the digital domain and the future importance of offensive cyber operations. BYBrett TingleyJan 6, 2022Share
BYJoseph TrevithickSep 23, 2021ShareStealthy F-117 Nighthawks Have Been Masquerading As Cruise MissilesThe “retired” F-117s are ideal surrogates for cruise missiles, which have small target signatures and threaten the U.S. and its interests abroad. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 23, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickSep 16, 2021ShareTwo NATO Fighters Accidentally Flew Behind The Iron Curtain 60 Years Ago TodayAt a time of extreme Cold War tensions, straying into Warsaw Pact airspace could hardly have been more dangerous. BYThomas NewdickSep 16, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickApr 16, 2021ShareTargeting Pods Are Being Tested On Air National Guard C-130 Hercules Transports (Updated)Adding the proven Litening advanced targeting pod to the C-130H could help give the aging airlifters a new lease of life. BYThomas NewdickApr 16, 2021Share
BYJamie HunterNov 27, 2020ShareHow F-16 Testers Are Evolving The Jet’s New Radar Beyond The Homeland Defense MissionRapid deployment of a new AESA radar with the Air National Guard is being followed-up with advanced testing for the full suite of F-16 missions. BYJamie HunterNov 27, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowaySep 1, 2020ShareOver 200 Guard And Reserve F-16s Can Now Carry The Dragon’s Eye Radar PodThe pod offers a bolt-on advanced radar that can scan from the sides of the jet, allowing it to do things even an advanced nose-mounted radar can’t. BYTyler RogowaySep 1, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayAug 14, 2020SharePortland Air National Guard Base Will Be Home To The First Operational F-15EX Eagle UnitThe 142nd Fighter Wing will transition to the F-15EX after the schoolhouse in Klamath Falls receives the type. BYTyler RogowayAug 14, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareUSAF Eyeing New Props and Upgraded Engines To Breathe Extra Life Into Old C-130HsThe upgrades could expand the capabilities of the aging airlifters and save the service millions in maintenance and fuel costs. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareThis USAF Intelligence Squadron’s Insignia Appears to Show the “F-19 Specter”It’s officially a “generic” airplane, but it sure looks like someone got their inspiration from the fictitious design. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareObscure National Guard Spy Plane Assesses Hurricane Harvey’s AftermathThe RC-26B Condor’s main job is hunting drug smugglers, but the planes routinely help out after natural disasters. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 22, 2018ShareUSAF’s Next Budget Request Will Include New F-15X Advanced Eagle Fighter Jets: ReportWe revealed the existence of the F-15X concept last July and now it seems like it may become a line-item in the upcoming 2020 defense budget. BYTyler RogowayDec 22, 2018Share
BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickOct 17, 2018ShareLt. Col. Seth ‘Jethro’ Nehring Was USAF F-15 Pilot Who Died In Su-27 Crash In UkraineMembers of the California Air National Guard’s 144th Fighter Wing were in Ukraine for the first time ever to train when the accident happened. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickOct 17, 2018Share
BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickOct 17, 2018ShareUkrainian Su-27UB Flanker Crashes, Reportedly Killing Ukrainian and U.S. Pilots Onboard (Updated)The jet had been taking part in the Clear Sky 2018 multi-national training exercise which included F-15C/Ds from the California Air National Guard. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickOct 17, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 29, 2018ShareThis Is What It Looks Like When You Get Intercepted By An F-15C EaglePortland based F-15s are tasked with protecting the skies over the Pacific Northwest, and if they show up off your wing, you did something wrong. BYTyler RogowayMar 29, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayFeb 5, 2018ShareIt’s Back To The Future For U.S. F-15C Eagles And Conformal Fuel TanksPaired with a new missile launcher, the conformal fuel tanks won’t only improve the Air National Guard F-15C fleet’s range, but also its combat punch. BYTyler RogowayFeb 5, 2018Share
