Featured in Bone YardBYJoseph TrevithickSep 24, 2021ShareThe Last Of 17 B-1B Bombers Slated For Early Retirement Has Arrived At The BoneyardLast year, Congress approved the Air Force’s plan to divest a number of B-1Bs as it consolidates that fleet ahead of the arrival of the stealthy B-21. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 24, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickFeb 18, 2021ShareB-1B Bomber That Was Just Retired Almost Got Scrapped More Than A Decade AgoThe newly-retired B-1B bomber had already gotten a second lease on life after suffering a major fire on Guam. BYJoseph TrevithickFeb 18, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickNov 27, 2020ShareMIT Lincoln Lab’s Storied 707 Military Testbed Jet Is Now At The BoneyardFor almost 30 years, the aircraft supported a wide variety of radar, communications, and other flight test programs in cooperation with the Air Force. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 27, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareUSAF Official in Charge of A-10s Says Re-Wing Program Is “Not Going to Happen”At a certain point, political opposition may not be enough to prevent more than 100 Warthogs from ending up unflyable. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMay 15, 2019ShareA B-52H Nicknamed “Wise Guy” Becomes The Second To Ever Come Back From The Bone YardThe Air Force needed a replacement for another one of the bombers that crashed in Guam nearly three years ago. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 15, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickNov 15, 2018ShareWhat’s To Come Of The A-10 Now That It Has Lost Its Loudest Defenders In Congress?However support among legislators for the Warthogs might wax and wane, the Air Force continues to find ways to push for their early retirement. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 15, 2018ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 19, 2018ShareNew A-10 Wing Kits Won’t Arrive For At Least Four Years And That’s Bad News For The WarthogDozens of older Warthogs are at imminent risk of getting grounded and the first new wing kits will only start arriving in 2022 at the earliest. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 19, 2018ShareBYJoseph TrevithickApr 13, 2018ShareThe Air Force May Have Managed A Way To Quietly Ground Roughly A Third Of The A-10 FleetThe service is using accounting tricks to sideline dozens of A-10s, but it might not be able to keep up the charade for long. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 13, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowaySep 15, 2017ShareThis Marine One Test Helicopter Was Brought Back From The DeadThe old chopper started out life flying President Nixon and thanks to some creative maintainers at HX-21 it’s back in the air once again. BYTyler RogowaySep 15, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowaySep 30, 2016ShareResurrected B-52H ‘Ghost Rider’ Reenters Active Service At Minot AFB“A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky for he saw the riders comin hard… Yippie I aye ye ye ghost riders in the sky” BYTyler RogowaySep 30, 2016Share
BYJoseph TrevithickSep 24, 2021ShareThe Last Of 17 B-1B Bombers Slated For Early Retirement Has Arrived At The BoneyardLast year, Congress approved the Air Force’s plan to divest a number of B-1Bs as it consolidates that fleet ahead of the arrival of the stealthy B-21. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 24, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickFeb 18, 2021ShareB-1B Bomber That Was Just Retired Almost Got Scrapped More Than A Decade AgoThe newly-retired B-1B bomber had already gotten a second lease on life after suffering a major fire on Guam. BYJoseph TrevithickFeb 18, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickNov 27, 2020ShareMIT Lincoln Lab’s Storied 707 Military Testbed Jet Is Now At The BoneyardFor almost 30 years, the aircraft supported a wide variety of radar, communications, and other flight test programs in cooperation with the Air Force. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 27, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareUSAF Official in Charge of A-10s Says Re-Wing Program Is “Not Going to Happen”At a certain point, political opposition may not be enough to prevent more than 100 Warthogs from ending up unflyable. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMay 15, 2019ShareA B-52H Nicknamed “Wise Guy” Becomes The Second To Ever Come Back From The Bone YardThe Air Force needed a replacement for another one of the bombers that crashed in Guam nearly three years ago. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 15, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickNov 15, 2018ShareWhat’s To Come Of The A-10 Now That It Has Lost Its Loudest Defenders In Congress?However support among legislators for the Warthogs might wax and wane, the Air Force continues to find ways to push for their early retirement. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 15, 2018Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 19, 2018ShareNew A-10 Wing Kits Won’t Arrive For At Least Four Years And That’s Bad News For The WarthogDozens of older Warthogs are at imminent risk of getting grounded and the first new wing kits will only start arriving in 2022 at the earliest. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 19, 2018Share
BYJoseph TrevithickApr 13, 2018ShareThe Air Force May Have Managed A Way To Quietly Ground Roughly A Third Of The A-10 FleetThe service is using accounting tricks to sideline dozens of A-10s, but it might not be able to keep up the charade for long. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 13, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowaySep 15, 2017ShareThis Marine One Test Helicopter Was Brought Back From The DeadThe old chopper started out life flying President Nixon and thanks to some creative maintainers at HX-21 it’s back in the air once again. BYTyler RogowaySep 15, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowaySep 30, 2016ShareResurrected B-52H ‘Ghost Rider’ Reenters Active Service At Minot AFB“A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky for he saw the riders comin hard… Yippie I aye ye ye ghost riders in the sky” BYTyler RogowaySep 30, 2016Share
