Posted by Java Joe on September 5, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The Air Force is lifting its altitude flight restriction for F-35A Joint Strike Fighters at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags B-2 Spirit, Capt. Jason Hammond, F-22 Raptor, F-35A, F-35B, hypoxia, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, THAAD, US Pacific Command, USS Wasp, VADM Mike Shoemaker
Posted by Java Joe on August 1, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The USS Gerald R. Ford made history last week with the successful landing and launching of aircraft from VX-23 using the Advanced Arresting Gear and Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Advanced Arresting Gear, Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, EMALS, john kelly, KC-46A Pegasus, Littoral Combat Ships, M1 Abrams, North Korea, Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, THAAD, US Pacific Command, USS Gerald R. Ford
Posted by Java Joe on June 12, 2017 · Leave a Comment
What’s different about the Japan’s fifth F-35A fighter jet? While that country’s first four planes were delivered from Lockheed Martin’s Dallas/Fort Worth factory, this is the first Japanese built F-35A.
Posted by Java Joe on June 5, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The Navy wants an extra $5.3B and the Air Force wants an extra $10.7B for planes, ships, missiles, and other smaller projects that did not make it into their 2018 budget requests.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Chris Kimmel, Chris McDowell, Christopher Paquette, crash test dummy, DefSec James Mattis, F35-C, F35B, Frederick Trapnell, KC-46s, Keith McDonnell, Kristen Baldwin, NAVAIR PMA-209, Navy's wish list, Patriot interceptor missiles, Rick Quade, Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, THAAD, VADM Joseph Rixey, WIAMan
Posted by Java Joe on May 15, 2017 · Leave a Comment
President Trump said the Navy should abandon its plans for electromagnetic catapults — the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, or EMALS — for carrier aviation and return to the steam-powered launch and recovery system.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Aegis Ashore, CACI Enterprise Solutions, cyber war, Eager Lion, Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, EMALS, Ford-class carrier, Marine Corps recruitment, Russian Su-27 Flanker, Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, THAAD, USS Gerald R. Ford
Posted by Java Joe on April 25, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Don’t be deceived by the appearances of the E-6 Mercury. Though the Mercury doesn’t carry any weapons of its own, it might be in a sense the deadliest aircraft operated by the Pentagon.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags E-6 Mercury, F-35s, federal hiring freeze, GunnAR, Marine Common Handheld program, Mick Mulvaney, Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, THAAD, Trident Warrior exercise, Unified Gunnery System, USS Carl Vinson
