Yearly Archive: 2020

The Asahi Shimbun says Japan’s plan to modify 20 F-15s to carry long-range cruise missiles is in jeopardy as only $103 million has been set aside to upgrade two fighters. Graphic: Boeing The project is supposed to be completed by fiscal 2027 yet money was not alloacted in the discal 2020 budget nor did the […]

Head of Air Mobility Command Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost has indicated that the service is moving forward with the bridge tanker aka KC-Y acquisition program. The competition is to be full and open plus “non-developmental.” It will replace the KC-135 and bridge the capability gap between the KC-46 and the future tanker KC-Z. For […]

Five U.S. Air Force women fighter pilots recently tested a modified Advanced Technology Anti-Gravity Suits (ATAGS) at Eglin Air Force Base last month. The ATAGS or G-suit was altered to fit women and various body types. Flying in F-16D with the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron, the women flew low- and high-G basic fighter maneuvers […]