Air Force
B-2’s on The Footprint of Freedom
‘Spirit’ Stealth Bomber B-2 Bombers Arrive on Diego Garcia in Unusual Show of Force By Unshin Lee Harpley B-2 Spirit bombers have landed on Diego Garcia, a tiny island in the Indian Ocean that serves as a strategic hub for operations everywhere from the Middle East to Africa to the Indo-Pacific, a spokesperson for Air […]
Valor Friday
The humble looking enlisted man you see before you with a CIB has a distinctive little ribbon just below that among his fruit salad. Even without the photo being in color, the brilliant light blue ribbon with its five white stars stands out among the other awards on display. Bill Crawford was a young private […]
Boeing wins F-47 fighter contract, heads explode
The competition between Boeing and Lockheed Martin for the Next Generation Air Dominance Fighter (NGAD) is over, with Boeing taking first prize. During the Oval Office announcement ceremony, Trump displayed a poster showing the first glimpse of the F-47 design, revealing a forward fuselage and sharply swept back wings but no further design features. The […]
Recycling old AF stuff
This adds a bit to AW1Ed’s column of deploying assets on our southern flank. The Air Force is finding some love for assets many of you probably thought had gone away. U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin has confirmed that U-2 Dragon Lady spy planes have been flying missions around the […]
Blue city rewards thieves
This one is just a miserable comment on why crime doesn’t pay. San Antonio likes to bill itself as Military City, USA. Given the amount of space and people devoted to the military there, with both Army AND Air Force facilities, medical training too, as I recall – there should be some incentive to stay […]
President Donald Trump fires the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
President Donald Trump fired General CQ Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Trump also fired Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations, and General Jim Slife, Air Force Chief of Staff. Air Force Lieutenant General Dan Caine has been nominated to fill the role of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Defense […]
Gentle Reminder, with BUFFs
B-52 Stratofortress B-52s Fly Across Middle East, Drop Live Munitions Feb. 18, 2025 | By Chris Gordon Two U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratrofortress bombers flew over the Middle East in a “force projection” demonstration Feb. 17, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced. The two B-52s began their mission at RAF Fairford, U.K., before flying across Europe […]
Monday ‘splodeys
We know the GBU-57 Massive Ordinance Penetrator is a bunker buster you do NOT want to fall afoul of – 30,000 pounds of bananas explosive wrapped in a inch thick steel shell, it can penetrate far enough to ruin your day even if you think 200 feet is are far enough underground. But now it’s […]
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