Dan Goure Airpower enthusiasts have long promised that the introduction of fifth generation combat aircraft, particularly the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) when it is finally fielded in numbers, will … More »
Modern warfare is waged largely on the electromagnetic spectrum. Although bombs and missiles get the headlines, they are just the kinetic step in a “kill chain” that relies heavily on … More »
The following is the Dec. 4, 2017 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress. From the Report: CVN-78, CVN-79, CVN-80, and … More »
November 22, 2017 James Stavridis The dragon is catching up fast with the eagle China’s aircraft carrier Liaoning sails past a residential building as it leaves Hong Kong in July. © … More »
PUBLISHED : Sunday, 19 November, 2017 PLA Navy’s J-15s, based on a Soviet design more than 30 years old, are world’s heaviest carrier-based fighters China’s second home-grown aircraft carrier could … More »
BY TODD CORILL WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new report from the Government Accountability Office says that the Department of Defense’s F-35 program is challenged by slow maintenance and shortages of parts. … More »
Brock Vergakis MC3 Elizabeth Thompson | U.S. Navy ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 28, 2017) – An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 piloted by Lt. … More »
By: John Grady October 12, 2017 4:00 PM Sailors stand at attention in formation in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72). US Navy Photo All … More »