Air Force Pilots Call Pentagon Fuel Saving Efforts A Joke
The Air Force Times reported Tuesday that the service has yet to see results from its fuel saving efforts and is now looking to save money any way it can. The article goes on to point out that...
View ArticleJust How Much Did Those F-16 Escorts Cost On The 9/11 Anniversary?
Taking no chances on the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, NORAD immediately sent fighter jets to escort two commercial airliners to their destinations after passengers aboard those...
View ArticleDavis-Monthan Air Force Base Put On Lockdown
Details coming in from Fox 11 News in Tucson. - Base spokesman Sgt. James Martin says "unconfirmed spotting" of man with weapon. Locked down for "safety and security" - Ambulance called for pregnant...
View ArticleThe Indian Air Force Faces Significant Challenges In Modernizing Its...
Summary France's Dassault Aviation announced late last month that it had won a bid to supply India with 126 Rafale fighters over the next decade. The Indian Air Force (IAF) has recently taken a series...
View ArticleTHE APPLE INVESTOR: Should Apple Buy Yahoo? (AAPL)
The Apple Investor is a daily report from SAI. Sign up here to receive it by email. AAPL Up Strong With MarketStocks are edging higher, to levels not since since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, on...
View ArticleThe Defense Department Admits 9/11 Victims' Remains Were Dumped In A Landfill
A new Pentagon report reveals that some remains of Sept. 11 victims from the Pentagon attack and crash in Shanksville, Pennsylvania were cremated at the Dover Air Force Base mortuary and then dumped...
View ArticleTHE APPLE INVESTOR: Nearly One-Third Of Mobile Web Users Plan To Buy The iPad...
The Apple Investor is a daily report from SAI. Sign up here to receive it by email. AAPL Down As Markets Sink Stocks headed lower Monday as European private sector activity showed a decline and a...
View ArticleThe US Air Force Rock Band Releases An Impressive Music Video
A video by Max Impact, the Air Force's very own rock band, is now out. It features footage of highly-trained Airmen from Air Force Special Operations Command to the tune of the original song Send Me....
View ArticleThe US Finally Figured Out What The Heck Is Wrong With The F-22 Raptor
The Air Force will modify the handle that engages the emergency oxygen system in its entire fleet of F-22 Raptor fighter jets after a report found that it played a role in a crash that killed one of...
View ArticleThe Network for America's Nuclear Arsenal Is Falling Apart And Making The Air...
The head of U.S. Strategic Command said that the command, control and communications component of the nation’s nuclear force is in need of improvement, as reported by the Air Force Times. Air Force...
View ArticleBirds Crashed Into Air Force Two Yesterday, No Humans Were Injured
Air Force Two had kind of a bumpy landing at the Santa Barbara Airport yesterday as two birds flew into its engines while it approaching the runway, reports Reuters. The plane, a customized Boeing...
View ArticleHere's President Obama Striking A Heisman Pose
More humorous than powerful. He struck the pose while presenting the Commander in Chief Trophy to the Air Force football team. Better form than Michelle. Please follow Politics on Twitter and...
View ArticleLISTEN: The Air Force's Explanation Of How A Missile Works Is No Help At All
It's possible that you will know less about how a guided missile works after listening to this actual recording from the U.S. Air Force (via Keith Rowland's My Life Dock):...
View ArticleObama Is Now Using One Of Mitt Romney's Favorite Taglines
President Barack Obama stole a page from his Republican rival today, using the "American Century" tagline that Mitt Romney has been using for months. Obama co-opted the line during his commencement...
View ArticleThis Is How The Huge Defense Budget Cuts Will Shape The US Military
Wednesday, Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter gave a talk to the American Enterprise Institute, the conservative think tank that develops an immense amount of defense policy in D.C. While he...
View ArticleThis Air Force Space Plane Is About To End A Year-Long Orbit But No One Knows...
The U.S. Air Force's secretive unmanned space plane will end a year-long mission in orbit sometime in the next few weeks, and there is no indication what that mission is. The X-37B Orbital Test...
View ArticleThese Expensive Drones Are Actually The Most Accident-Prone Aircraft In The...
The U.S. military's three biggest drones are the most accident-prone aircraft in the Air Force fleet, reports Brendan McGarry of Bloomberg. The RQ-4 Global Hawk, MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper drones...
View ArticlePeople Are Demanding To Know What The Air Force Plans To Do With This Secret...
When the wheels of the second Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle came to a stop on the tarmac at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California a few weeks ago, the true military utility of this enigmatic,...
View ArticleJapan Begs The US To Call Off Its Planned Deployment Of 'Unsafe' Osprey...
Hirokazu Nakaima, governor of Japan’s Okinawa prefecture, has been making headlines this summer for his persistent calls to cancel the U.S.’s planned deployment of twenty-four MV-22 Osprey aircraft to...
View ArticleWatch An Air Force Plane Get Demolished And Recycled
There are numerous retirement communities in Arizona, and one of them happens to be a scrap heap that holds dozens of U.S. Air Force planes. From F-4 Phantoms to B-52 bombers, the Davis-Monthan Air...
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