Never fails to annoy me how some people take the all or nothing sight of things. Moreso when those opinions are formed on arbitrary or incomplete information. I agree 100% on the F-35. It *is* an amazing piece of technology and engineering, and if they ever get the bugs worked out, it *might* even be a very effective… Read more

You’re spot on with the tactics here. Remember, Russia is big with remotely directed air ops. The PAK-FA would get a lot of its engagement information remotely, maneuver into position relatively closer to the target, but still far away to be undetected until the missiles are launched. Once it volleys its payload, all… Read more

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No, they have built weapons to take pot shots from long ranges at key C2 and enabler targets and they have adapted them to fit in an aircraft that is suitable for that role. They have not built a fighter for wining 5th gen fighter vs fighter BVR engagements. Read more

Arguably the greatest achievement in aviation, and one of the greatest losses.

Employees working in the Benefield Anechoic Facility are told, if the lights go out stand still until they come back on. You will just trip on something and hurt yourself. Read more

Looks like they’ve finally stepped up from just tossing a tarp over alien spacecraft in their “Flight of The Navigator” days. Good for NASA.

I took this at last year’s show. Top 10 Coolest things I’ve ever seen. Brought this son of a Navy fighter pilot to tears (of joy).

They’re not that low. Read more

Another great article, Tyler. Read more

I’m not even saying we need to maintain a parts supply or any of that. You can pretty much cut the small amounts of cash dedicated to maintaining them and still store them in a way that will keep me useable (with a little refresh) if we ever have to dip that deeply into the pool. Read more

I think this is the problem. Read more

Give them to the Ukrainians. They have proved valiant, but are being beaten because of Russia’s technological edge. Drones are proving particularly troublesome. Read more

During OEF, commanders were ALWAYS wanting or needing more “overhead”. And it was always a constant bid process to see what RC got priority. I worked in RC-SW and we’d have daily targeting meetings and one of the first items on the agenda was “what assets do we have for UAVs/ELINT?” And inevitably, the conventional… Read more

These older weapons do not attact much support from Congress and do not insure the flow of new money. They would probably be more successful by proposing a replacement that is full of new gadgets.
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Woohoo the article my weekend wanted.. Read more

Good read as always Tyler. I don’t think another branch of the military would mind having these, why not pass them off to let’s say the Coast Guard? Or is it more complicated than that? Read more

When are we going to learn that not every platform needs to be the latest and most expensive to get the job done. Meanwhile the Pentagon complains about their budget. With boondoggle after money wasting boondoggle on the books. Read more

That IAF 707 looks like a grizzled old soldier who’s done one more tour than anyone should have to. Read more