Yearly Archive: 2020

Fourteen warbirds are aboard USS Essex for a trip to Hawaii where they will be taking part in flyovers over the island to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War 2.

The mysterious RQ-170 unmanned air vehicle participated in a Large Force Test Event at Nellis Air Force Base from Aug. 4-6. United States Air Force photograph, released to Joseph Trevithick via FOIA / Public domain The objectives of the exercise was the Suppression of Enemy Air Defense (SEAD), low-observable ingress, and 4th-5th generation electronic attack […]

Hypersonic startup Hermeus has secured funding from the U.S. Air Force and the Presidential and Executive Airlift Directorate to develop its Mach 5 aircraft. Photos: Hermeus With this Other Transaction For Prototype Agreement Direct to Phase II contract, the Atlanta-based company will rapidly assess modifications to the Hermeus Mach 5 aircraft to support the Presidential […]