What It Takes For U.S. Jets To Keep Fighting In Afghanistan From “Over The Horizon”
Recent information provided by the Air Force underscores the hurdles the service faces in conducting airstrikes in Afghanistan from the Persian Gulf.
Recent information provided by the Air Force underscores the hurdles the service faces in conducting airstrikes in Afghanistan from the Persian Gulf.
The Air Force wants additional tankers as a ‘bridge’ between the KC-46A and an advanced future design currently referred to as the KC-Z.
There are now two companies flying boom-equipped tankers, which are rare assets in the private sector that look set to be increasingly in demand.
The blaze started nearby the base and then breached the perimeter, forcing some personnel to evacuate the immediate area.
The clandestine stealth fighter overflight that outraged Austria in the months leading up to a second war with Iraq.
The type’s first retirement comes 40 years nearly to the day after its first flight and as Congress works to delay such retirements.
Between its aging KC-135 and KC-10 tanker fleets and problems with the new KC-46A, the Air Force is facing a worrying tanker gap.
A proposed draft of the annual defense policy bill would prohibit services from getting rid of certain aircraft and order them to buy more of others.
A lone V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor arrived at U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon earlier today and stayed only briefly, possibly departing with Amer Fakhoury on board. Fakhoury, a naturalized U.S. citizen, was arrested while visiting his native Lebanon last year on charges that he had tortured prisoners while fighting with an Israeli-backed armed group during the 1990s and was released today.
The second-hand KDC-10 now in the hands of Omega Air could blaze a trail to a much more active contractor aerial refueling marketplace.