F-15 Eagle Scores “Longest Known” Air-To-Air Missile Shot During U.S. Air Force Test
The AIM-120 AMRAAM blasted a BQM-167 drone out of the sky at an unprecedented distance.
The AIM-120 AMRAAM blasted a BQM-167 drone out of the sky at an unprecedented distance.
Adding 72 of the stealth fighters to its roster will complete a remarkable, albeit controversial, turnaround for the hurricane-hit base.
Details are still emerging about an incident involving a contracted “red air” adversary jet at the sprawling Florida base.
The Navy often puts out a press release right after Trident tests, but that was not the case in this instance.
The missile was seen rising into the evening sky off the Florida coast and likely reentered the atmosphere over the South Atlantic.
With a crazy air show season coming to an end, the solo demo teams joined up on a C-130 for a rare and spectacular photo session.
Six total factors, including speed, helmet, oxygen, and flight control problems, led to this summer’s loss of an Air Force Lightning II.
The aircraft was on a routine night training mission when the incident occurred.
The clouds of radar-reflective countermeasures appeared over the states just two days after a similar mysterious incident occurred in the Midwest.
A new Air Force plan would send the Raptors elsewhere for good, but rebuild the hurricane devastated base to accommodate three new squadrons.