Lt. Amy Blades-Langjahr, only female Flying Chief Warrant Officer ever commissioned in the U.S. Navy, has retired. She was the only female in the Flying Chief Warrant Officer program, which ran from 2006 to 2014. The program allows sailors between the paygrades of E-5 and E-7 to be commission as Chief Warrant Officers and become […]
The U.S. Army is bring two CH-47 helicopters to Eareckson Air Station on Shemya Island in the Aleutian Island Chain for long-range navigation training. The helicopters are from Fort Wainwright and each helicopter will have 3 pilots, one flight engineer and one crew chief onboard. Lt. Col. Jorge Rosario of the 1-52 General Support Aviation […]
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 […]