Posted by Java Joe on October 7, 2021 · Leave a Comment
All DoD security clearance holders are now subject to continuous vetting to maintain their clearance. And the new continuous vetting will also include DoD personnel who do not have a clearance.
Posted by Java Joe on September 25, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Canada plans to close a deal by the end of this year to purchase 25 used F/A-18A/B Hornets from Australia.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags aerial refueling, Big Falcon Rocket, Center for Strategic & International Studies, Combined Federal Campaign, F/A-18 Hornets, Hurricane Florence, Jeff Bezos, KC-Z tanker, Lockheed Martin, military sexual assault, Skunk Works, space force, SpaceX, T-6 Texan trainer, UCAVs, VA budget
Posted by Java Joe on September 19, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The Air Force estimates that creating a Space Force will cost $13 billion over the next five years, including an initial $3 billion cost to stand up the service.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Chinese tariffs, EA-18G Growlers, F/A-18 Hornets, Fat Leonard, fleet tracker, Gen. Robert Abrams, Gen. Vincent Brooks, Hurricane Florence, Macedonia, military readiness, space force, Vostok
Posted by Java Joe on February 6, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The Japanese air force has deployed its first operational F-35 at Misawa Air Base.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Afghanistan, AT-6 Wolverine, Brig. Gen. Jennifer Buckner, Col. R. Scott Jobe, F-35, F/A-18 Hornets, foreign military sales, KC-46, nuclear weapons policy, Okinawa Marine base, US Cyber Command, USS Omaha
Posted by Java Joe on October 23, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Remotely piloted Air Force drones were put to work to help combat the recent California wildfires. MQ-9 Reapers from the Air National Guard’s 163rd Attack Wing were put into service in Northern California.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, California Air National Guard, COMNAVAIRLANT, cyber threats, DefSec James Mattis, drones, electromagnetic technology, electronic warfare, F-35C, F/A-18 Hornets, MQ-9 Reapers, P-8A Poseidon, RADM Roy J. Kelley, RADM Trey Wheeler, USS Carl Vinson
Posted by Java Joe on July 14, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Lives for older aircraft are being stretched as waits have lengthened for delivery of the F-35 series.
Posted by Java Joe on July 11, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Communities surrounding the Naval Air Station Payuxent River might notice a return of US Navy fixed-wing aircraft over Southern Maryland starting today, due to the re-opening of Runway 06/24. Both Runway 06/24 and Runway 14/32 at the base have been closed for needed repairs. The re-opening will allow the station to resume flights of fixed-wing aircraft that require the runway to take-off and land.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags AN/SPY-6(V), Boeing, CF-18 Hornets, F-35, F/A-18 Hornets, Islamic State, Lockheed Martin, Pax River runways, Raytheon, RIMPAC, South China Sea, veterans
Posted by Publisher on March 10, 2015 · Leave a Comment
VADM Mike Shoemaker, head of Naval Air Forces, said the F/A-18 Hornets will continue to be upgraded and remain in service until the F-35C comes on line.