F-16 Crashes in Gulf, Pilot Killed
An F-16 pilot from Tyndall AFB was killed last Thursday morning when his jet crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. The pilot was civilian Matthew LaCourse, a retired USAF Lieutenant Colonel and 1978 US Air...
View ArticleUSAF F-16 Pilot Killed in Crash in Middle East
The Air Force announced Tuesday that Capt William DuBois was killed when his F-16 crashed “in the Middle East” in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. Officially, the crash was declared not combat...
View ArticleAviano Starts Gender-Specific Spouse Group
While “spouse groups” in the Air Force are technically gender-neutral, the fact remains they are often perceived as re-labeled “wives groups.” They are made up almost exclusively of women who are...
View ArticleF-16 Crash Blamed on Pilot Error
Last October’s midair collision between two Oklahoma Air National Guard F-16s was blamed on pilot error: The pilots…were flying in formation, conducting tricky combat maneuvers, with a third F-16 role...
View ArticleAir Force Pulls B-52 from Boneyard
In a relatively rare occurrence for the big bomber, the US Air Force un-mothballed a 50-year-old B-52 from the storage base in Tucson, AZ, and flew it to Barksdale AFB: The 53-year-old Stratofortress,...
View ArticleMarine F-18 Crashes in Georgia
A South Carolina-based US Marine Corps F/A-18 crashed in Georgia near the end of February. Both of the crewmembers ejected safely. The F/18A Hornet was conducting low-altitude tactics training when it...
View ArticleFighter Pilot who led Operation Kiddy Car Dies
Dean Hess, a retired US Air Force Colonel and fighter pilot in World War II and Korea, died last week at the age of 97. Col Hess was a preacher who left the pulpit to become a fighter pilot, and he was...
View ArticleLtCol Robert Hite, Doolittle Raider, Dies at 95
LtCol Robert Hite, one of the last three living Doolittle Raiders, died Sunday at the age of 95. Hite was a POW of the Japanese after the raid for the remainder of the war, until his camp was...
View ArticleJimmy Fallon on Martin-Baker Tie Club (Video)
Last week The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon explained his discovery of the Martin-Baker tie club — the “elite” group of people who have the unique honor of taking the one-way trip on a Martin-Baker...
View ArticleAviano on Challenge Coins
Aviano Air Base, Italy, becomes the most recent base to publish a story on the military tradition of “challenge coins.” The true history of the challenge coin dates back to World War I, when an...
View ArticleAir Force Selects Only 87 Officers for Flight Training
In March, the Air Force announced it had selected 87 company grade officers for Undergraduate Flying Training (UFT). UFT in Air Force parlance includes training for pilots, UAV operators, systems...
View ArticleNavy Secretary: F-35 to be Last Manned Fighter
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus reportedly said that the F-35 Lightning II should be, and almost certainly will be, the last manned strike fighter aircraft the Department of the Navy will ever buy or...
View ArticleX-47B Drone Refuels Autonomously
So easy, even a robot can do it: The US Navy reported that its X-47B — a demonstrator for unmanned combat air vehicle technology — successfully completed autonomous refueling. Aerial Refueling...
View ArticleAir Force May Mothball F-16s if A-10 Stays
The US Air Force will reportedly ship perfectly good F-16s to the desert — and potentially slow down the F-35 program — if it is forced to keep the A-10 beyond the date it wants it retired: The House...
View ArticleArmy Article Documents “Silver Dollar Salute”
An Army article covering the commissioning of Clemson University ROTC graduates noted that their ceremony ended with a “Silver Dollar Salute ceremony”, encapsulating a tradition involving a young...
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