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National Defense October 2011 Grace V. Jean |
Guard Aircraft Fleets Continue To Shrink Over the past decade, the Air National Guard has shrunk in size and continues to fly with some of the oldest aircraft in the Defense Department's inventory.  |
National Defense March 2008 Grace V. Jean |
Pilot Stress, Aging Equipment Cause Angst at D.C. Air Guard Defending the nation's capital from an aerial attack might seem a good enough reason to give a wing commander whatever he needs. But it has not worked out that way for the aviators of the District of Columbia Air National Guard.  |
National Defense September 2005 Joe Pappalardo |
Air Guard Girds for Sweeping Changes and New Missions Air Force downsizing plans and Pentagon base-closure recommendations that would eliminate several Air National Guard facilities have raised concerns about the future of the service.  |
National Defense December 2006 Harold Kennedy |
Guardsmen Shift Roles to Align More with Air Force The Air National Guard is reorganizing -- shedding some traditional missions and taking on new ones -- in order to play a larger national-security role as its active-duty partner, the Air Force, shrinks in size.  |
National Defense September 2013 Dan Parsons |
Prime Contractors Chasing Big Business Retooling Old Fighters For the United States and its allies, the F-16 has proven time and again to be the perfect all-around, multi-mission fighter aircraft, and with ongoing delays in developing a revolutionary new plane, air forces are preparing to keep it flying for decades to come.  |
National Defense September 2007 Grace Jean |
Air Guard Chief Braces for Dramatic Change For a proud organization such as the Air National Guard, it has been a tough year. As if losing dozens of bases across the country weren't enough, it is also giving up flying missions and taking on new, unfamiliar roles.  |
National Defense July 2005 Michael Peck |
Air Force, Air Guard Pilots Merge in F/A-22 Wing Air National Guard pilots are training to fly the F/A-22 Raptor as part of an experimental combat unit that combines active duty and Guard fighter members.  |
National Defense December 2015 Stew Magnuson |
F-35 Program Ramps Up Training for Pilots, Technicians The F-35 joint strike fighter program is transitioning to a day when its pilots will come fresh out of flight school and the new jet fighter will be their first assignment.  |
National Defense July 2009 Grace V. Jean |
Air Force Responding to Insatiable Demand for Surveillance Drones To meet the voracious need for unmanned aircraft surveillance in combat zones, the Air Force's 432nd Air Expeditionary Wing is creating a new Predator squadron, relocating its training units and expanding base operations.  |
National Defense August 2008 Grace V. Jean |
Reaper Drones Accomplishing Traditional Fighter Jet Missions Since they were first deployed as reconnaissance and attack aircraft, the Predators have been credited with helping to change the tide in counterinsurgency operations.  |
National Defense September 2014 Dan Parsons |
Fifth-Generation Fighters Will Determine Air Dominance in Future Conflicts The Raptor is the only combat-ready fifth-generation fighter in the world. Its thrust-vectoring engines, sensor fusion technology and stealth are what define it as a generational leap from previous fighter designs.  |
National Defense November 2004 Harold Kennedy |
Guard Refueling Mission Proves a Bit Too Exciting To see what really goes on in the day-to-day life of the tanker fleet, a National Defense reporter rode along on a recent training mission flown by the 108th Air Refueling Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard.  |
National Defense October 2011 Grace V. Jean |
National Guard Bracing for Budget Cuts Like many in the Pentagon, Air Force Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard, is worried about future funding cuts.  |
National Defense November 2010 Stew Magnuson |
NORTHCOM's Proposed Light Fighter Aircraft Could Face Budget Hurdles Navy Adm. James Winnefeld, U.S. Northern Command commander, raised eyebrows when he told Washington-based reporters that he saw the need for a new light fighter-style aircraft that could be used for intercept missions in the homeland.  |
National Defense February 2006 Stew Magnuson |
Fighters' Foreign Customers Add to Mix While it's well known that foreign buyers of the F-15 and F-16 jet fighters are helping to keep the production lines open, some of these customers are also helping boost the development of the aircraft, according to managers of the two programs.  |
National Defense September 2014 Dan Parsons |
F-35 Looks to Move Past Recent Setbacks Recent months have been particularly inauspicious for the most expensive weapon system development program in U.S. history.  |
National Defense September 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Move to Merge Air Force, Guard Units Derailed by Base Closures The Defense Department's base-closure recommendations, which would strip the Guard of nearly one-third of its airbases, have so angered state governors and members of Congress that all parties likely will have to go back to the negotiating table.  |
National Defense March 2012 Dan Parsons |
Air Force Trades Quantity For Quality The Air Force will cut airmen and ditch some underperforming and unwanted aircraft, focusing instead on purchasing fewer but more capable new models in order to bridge a years-long investment gap, officials said.  |
National Defense September 2013 Stew Magnuson |
Fight to Keep A-10 Warthog in Air Force Inventory Reaches End Game The Air Force wants to replace both the A-10 and the F-16 with the new F-35.  |
National Defense September 2004 Frank Colucci |
Army Depends Heavily on National Guard Aviators If predictions that Army National Guard aviation units are not likely to see mass resignations prove to be accurate, it would be good news for the Army, which is struggling to meet growing demands for rotary pilots in Iraq and Afghanistan.  |
Popular Mechanics May 2002 Jim Wilson |
Flexible Flier The Joint Strike Fighter puts the best of every 20th century warplane into one nimble and stealthy package...  |
National Defense September 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Air Force Not Yet Ready To Trade In Jet Fighters For Unmanned Bombers Much excitement has surrounded the deployment of the Air Force's newest attack aircraft, the Reaper, which happens to be a drone.  |
National Defense September 2010 Grace V. Jean |
National Guard Chief: 'Our Weaknesses Are Here At Home' Congressional supporters have argued that Guard strength should be maintained or even expanded, so it can handle homeland security missions that have been under-resourced because of war commitments.  |
National Defense June 2008 Grace V. Jean |
Air Force wants Latin America to Be Less Dependent on U.S. Military The Air Force is requesting more than $300 million to help modernize the aircraft fleets of four Latin American nations that assist the United States in the war on drugs and in humanitarian missions.  |
Popular Mechanics November 16, 2007 Joe Pappalardo |
The Real Story Behind the F-15 Stand-Down: News Analysis More detail on why four F-15 planes crashed within the course of a year.  |
National Defense November 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Military Services Competing For Future Airlift Missions A multibillion-dollar program to equip the Army National Guard with new fixed-wing cargo aircraft fleet has rekindled a turf battle between the services that was supposed to have been settled more than half a century ago.  |
Popular Mechanics March 2008 Joe Pappalardo |
3 Questions for a Real F-35 Test Pilot Test pilot Jon Beesley has ridden in history's cockpit. Having flown in the development phase of every operational U.S. stealth aircraft.  |
National Defense February 2006 Stew Magnuson |
Upgrades Will Keep F-15's, F-16's In Combat for Two More Decades The Defense Department and the fighters' overseas customers have a long list of upgrades in the works.  |
National Defense January 2007 Stew Magnuson |
Aging Aircraft, War Costs Weigh Heavily in Future Budgets The Senate Appropriations Committee staffer acknowledged the conundrum the Air Force is facing.  |
National Defense September 2014 Valerie Insinna |
As F-35 Ramps Up, Legacy Fighters Face Existential Threat After 2018, the F-35 is likely to capture over a 50 percent share of the global fighter jet market, says Richard Aboulafia, aerospace analyst for the Teal Group, in a February report.  |
The Motley Fool May 20, 2008 Rich Smith |
Lockheed's F-16: Wings Not Clipped Yet Rumors of the fighter jet's demise have been greatly exaggerated.  |
Popular Mechanics April 1, 2009 Joe Pappalardo |
Inside the War Games for U.S. Air Force Fighter Pilots This week, warplanes from the Air National Guard 174th Fighter Wing will be flying training missions over the desert outside Nellis Air Force Base, trying desperately to compete during simulated combat over the high Nevada desert.  |
National Defense August 2008 Grace V. Jean |
Predator Ground Stations Need Redesign, Say Pilots The demands for aerial surveillance in Iraq and Afghanistan grow by the day, and that means more Predator unmanned aircraft and pilots are needed.  |
The Motley Fool March 25, 2010 Rich Smith |
Crazy Sammy's Discount Fighter Jets Romania buys F-16s on the cheap (and other defense stories).  |
National Defense February 2012 Dan Parsons |
Military Helicopter Fleets Showing Their Age Many models are expected to reach the end of their operational lives in the 2030 to 2040 timeframe.  |
The Motley Fool October 1, 2008 Rich Smith |
Raptors and Lightnings and F-16s. Oh, My! How will the Pentagon deal with a cash-strapped economy? How should you?  |
National Defense July 2008 Grace V. Jean |
F-35 factory: One aircraft per day by 2016 Inside a manufacturing facility so large that workers routinely bike and ride golf carts down paths named after fighter jets, preparations are underway to begin mass production of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.  |
Popular Mechanics March 2010 Joe Pappalardo |
How UAVs Will Replace the Air Force's Current Fleet The Air Force Research Laboratory is spending $49 million over the next four years to create a system that will allow UAVs to autonomously refuel in the air.  |
National Defense June 2010 Stew Magnuson |
Air Force Plan to Take C-130s from Air Guard Sparks Protests An Air Force proposal to transfer Hercules transportation aircraft from the National Guard to the active duty Air Force has resulted in opposition from governors and lawmakers who say the plan will diminish the states' ability to respond to homeland security crises.  |
National Defense July 2004 Harold Kennedy |
Air Force Seeks to Upgrade Close Air Support Fleet As the Iraqi and Afghan conflicts evolve essentially into ground wars the Air Force is moving to improve its ability to provide close air support, according to the service's top officials.  |
National Defense January 2011 Eric Beidel |
Commandant: Coast Guard Suffering Under Strain of Tight Budgets Put simply, the service has a lot of old ships and boats and nowhere near the money required to replace them.  |
National Defense September 2004 Joe Pappalardo |
Overextended National Guard Undergoing Sweeping Changes National Guard leaders are planning a fundamental re-structuring aimed at making the force more versatile and relevant. These efforts come as the Guard faces dilemmas and stresses which experts say are the result of overuse as an operational force in deployments.  |
National Defense July 2010 Stew Magnuson |
Rescuing the Coast Guard: Chronically Low Budget Hurting Service's Ability to Perform Missions, Experts Say Everyone loves the Coast Guard, but that affection hasn't translated into a budget that can sustain its ships, aircraft and personnel, said some of the service's former leaders.  |
National Defense January 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Air Force Stepping Out of Comfort Zone Throughout the blue-suit community, there is an undeniable and growing recognition that the Air Force is changing, not just by design, but also in an effort to adjust to these tumultuous times.  |
National Defense May 2005 Roxana Tiron |
Gulf Nation Focuses on Training, Educating Air Crews Close to fielding one of the most advanced air forces in the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates is pushing to match the aircrews' proficiency with their sophisticated equipment.  |
National Defense June 2009 Grace V. Jean |
Training For War: A Multimedia Experience Just as training technologies for the newest fighter jets are going digital, so are those for one of the Air Force's oldest airplanes, the C-130 Hercules.  |
National Defense June 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
A Never-Ending Feud Over Roles and Missions The Army vs. Air Force feud over unmanned aircraft has escalated in recent months.  |
National Defense September 2015 Stew Magnuson |
F-35B Declared Combat Ready, but More Development Remains The last day of July was momentous for the Marine Corps as it declared that a squadron of F-35B joint strike fighters was ready for combat.  |
National Defense March 2004 Harold Kennedy |
Air Force Forging Alliances in Pacific Region In the aftermath of back-to-back wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Pacific Air Forces--the air component of U.S. military units covering the Pacific and Indian Oceans--is restoring aircraft and crews, and reexamining its basic deployment strategies.  |
National Defense January 2015 Valerie Insinna |
Important Tests Loom for Navy and Marine Corps F-35 The Navy and Marine Corps variants of the joint strike fighter have an eventful year ahead, and program officials are saddled with a long list of work to do before major milestones in the summer.  |