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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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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... mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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). mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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? mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles