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US Air Force Finally Securing Its Drones 12 Oct 2012 | 02:56 pm
With the recent first flight of a new version of the MQ-9 Reaper, the US Air Force is a lot closer to acquiring unmanned aircraft with encrypted datalinks — a necessary step for drones to take part in...
Largest combat wing in the world – the US Air Force 18th Wing 12 Oct 2012 | 02:53 pm
Known as the ‘Keystone to the Pacific’, Kadena Air Base, on the tropical Japanese island of Okinawa, is at the forefront of US Air Force air power in the Pacific region. Home to the largest combat win...
NATO Air Power over Syria 12 Oct 2012 | 02:46 pm
Until the Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) deployed over Aleppo on 25 July, the international community had been able to argue that events in Syria did not mirror those in Libya. The people of Benghazi w...
The RAF Libyan campaign 12 Oct 2012 | 02:42 pm
The Libyan campaign saw those lessons put into practice, enabled by a procurement process that had ensured the right tools were now available to complete the task in hand. The application of air power...
Libyan campaign of 2011 – innovations 12 Oct 2012 | 02:37 pm
The Libyan campaign of 2011 was notable for both its innovation — as new weapons and sensor platforms were tested in combat — and the efforts made to minimise civilian casualties. As Syrian warplanes ...
RC-12X variant by Northrop Grumman 12 Oct 2012 | 02:30 pm
Born while the Vietnam War was still raging, the Guardrail’s evolution has been convoluted, with no less than 10 iterations of the architecture having been fielded between 1971 and 2000. Today, howeve...
Air Operations Squadron at Langley AFB – Virginia 12 Oct 2012 | 02:27 pm
Beginning in the early years of the Cold War, US Air Force tankers have been on hand to sustain an ‘air bridge’ for deploying fighters across the oceans. Today, the Air Operations Squadron at Langley ...
F-106 Delta Dart interceptor of Air Defense Command 12 Oct 2012 | 02:22 pm
Record-breaker, CONUS defender, the Convair F-106 Delta Dart was a Cold War legend in the service of Air Defense Command. Combining blistering performance with a futuristic automated fire-control syst...
Royal Thai Air Force – RTAF or Kong Thab Akat Thai 12 Oct 2012 | 02:04 pm
The roots of the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF, or Kong Thab Akat Thai) can be traced back as far as 1911, and the air arm experienced a turbulent early history before increasing American involvement in ...
Portuguese Lynx Takes Anti-Piracy Misson 12 Oct 2012 | 01:56 pm
The Esquadrilha de Helicopteros of the Portuguese Navy is a small unit, yet with its Lynx helicopters it plays an important role in the international naval operations against piracy in the waters off ...
