The F-15EX represents a significant leap forward in the already rich history of the US Air Force's outstanding F-15 fighter aircraft. Designed to maintain air superiority and adapt to the modern battlefield, this new fighter combines cutting-edge technologies and confidence in an already proven Boeing design.Contents The history of the F-15 Features and Capabilities…
According to Secretary Frank Kendall, the highly classified Next Generation Air Dominance fighter jet program (NGAD) of the United States Air Force has begun its crucial engineering and manufacturing development phase.PHOTO: Lockheed MartinDuring a conversation held at the Heritage Foundation, Kendall stated that the US Air Force started early experimental prototyping on NGAD in…
On May 14, one of the United States Air Force's B-52H Stratofortress successfully dropped an Hypersonic AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon, also known as an ARRW, off the coast of Southern California.Test of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon Instrumented Measurement Vehicle 2 at the Point Mugu Sea Range off the Southern California coast.…
The US tested a modified GBU-31 JDAM against a naval target, literally wrecking it.Specifically, in its announcement, the USAF states:"The Air Force Research Laboratory and the Test Team demonstrated a new low-cost, naval threat-neutralizing capability on April 28, 2022, which successfully destroyed a full-scale surface vessel in the Gulf of Mexico.An F-15E…
The U.S. Air Force has decided to replace part of its fleet of E-3 Sentry AEW & C (Airborne Warning and Control System) with Boeing E-7 Wedgetails.E-7 Wedgetail PHOTO: Alan Wilson (Flickr) CC BY-SA 2.0According to the US military study, "The Boeing E-7 is the only platform capable of meeting the requirements for the…
The F-14 Tomcat, one of the most beautiful fighter jets in the whole world in our opinion is a two-seater fighter jet with supersonic speeds, twin engines, and swivel wings.12/26/04 - Personnel assigned to USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) position an F-14B Tomcat assigned to Fighter Squadron THREE TWO (VF-32), (Swordsmen,) onto one…
Flying over the Gulf of Mexico, the US Air Force's F-15EX Eagle II, successfully fired an AIM-120D air-to-air missile on January 25.(U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Raven)The US Department of Defense announced that the F-15EX Eagle II aircraft of the 40th Flight Test Squadron launched the AMRAAM (AIM120D) missile, successfully locking…
Two ballistic missiles launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels were intercepted over the skies of Abu Dhabi early Monday morning, according to the United Arab Emirates Defence Ministry.MOD Joint Operations Command announces that at 04:10 hrs Yemen time an F-16 destroyed a ballistic missile launcher in Al Jawf, immediately after it launched two ballistic missiles…
A report written by US experts at the General Billy Mitchell Institute for Air Force Studies announced a crisis facing the ability of the US Air Force to protect the world's skies, while the Russian and Chinese military tries to take its place.The report state that the USAF should abandon some of its inventory…
The US nuclear-capable bomber "B-1B Lancer" carried out an air patrol in the sky of the Middle East that lasted for five hours and covered 7 regions with the US Central Command announced, yesterday, Saturday, that Bahrain, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt also participated in the air patrol.US Central Command noted that the mission…