USAF Archives - GEOPOLITIKI

F-15EX – Dominating the Skies of the 21st Century with a proven Boeing design

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…

July 12, 20230Comments ByGEOPOLITIKI

NGAD: Next Generation Air Dominance Fighter jet reached EMD phase

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…

June 2, 20220Comments ByGEOPOLITIKI

MILITARY NEWS World News

USAF tested the AGM-183A Hypersonic missile

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.…

May 17, 20220Comments ByGEOPOLITIKI

NEWS World News

USAF successfully tested modified GBU-31 JDAM against naval target

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…

May 5, 20220Comments ByGEOPOLITIKI

MILITARY NEWS World News

The US Air Force has decided to replace the E-3 Sentry with the E-7 Wedgetail

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…

April 30, 20220Comments ByGEOPOLITIKI

MILITARY

F-14 Tomcat: The history of an epic fighter jet

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…

March 31, 20220Comments ByGEOPOLITIKI

MILITARY NEWS World News

F-15EX Eagle II: First launch of the AIM-120D over the Gulf of Mexico

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…

February 2, 20220Comments ByGEOPOLITIKI

MILITARY NEWS World News

Houthi rebels target Abu Dhabi and US Forces with ballistic missiles

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.https://twitter.com/modgovae/status/1485509174952099840"United States military forces successfully reacted to multiple inbound threats during an attack near Abu Dhabi" a US Air Force official stated for the attack on Abu Dhabi.…

January 24, 20220Comments ByNewsTeam

NEWS MILITARY World News

US experts: “Ditch F-15EX, get 6th gen fighter jets & F-22s”

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…

November 3, 20210Comments ByGEOPOLITIKI

NEWS MILITARY World News

US B-1B Lancer completes its air patrol in the Middle East

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…

October 31, 20210Comments ByGEOPOLITIKI