Since then, the F-15 has been deployed at United States Air Force (USAF) bases around the world. It also has been sold to Israel, Japan, and Saudi Arabia. Currently, the F-15 is being deployed to select units of the Air National Guard....
Reliance of USAF on F-16s equipped with the Harm Targeting System (HTS); Location of military bases for the HTS-equipped F-16 squadrons; Radar-killing system planned for installation in the F-15.MorroccoJohnD.EBSCO_AspAviation Week & Space Technology...
At 02.51 one of the F-117s dropped the first laser-guided bomb, destroying a defense control bunker. Others attacked communication centers, the Air Force Headquarters and Saddam’s palaces. A second wave of F-117s hit Baghdad at 04.00, targeting air bases and command and control centers. A ...
and the F-47 will have retained these attributes. Although Kendall and USAF chief of staff Genera...
The USAF says not all of the 15 JDAMs carried aboard an F-15E could be dropped on a mission. However, the ability to ferry extra bombs would enable better logistics for the service’s Agile Combat Employment strategy, a plan to disperse combat aircraft across many different air...
At the outset of the program, the various involved air services planned for the following quantities of F-35 fighters: USAF (1,763); USN/USMC (680); RAF/RN (138); Italy (131); Netherlands (85); Turkey (100); Australia (100); Norway (56, up from the original 48 as of June 2009...
Until resolved, the Air Force ordered F-16s to be operated within "dead-stick landing" distance of its bases.[16] It was the standard F-16 engine through the Block 25, except for the newly built Block 15s with the Operational Capability Upgrade (OCU). The OCU introduced the 23,770 lbf...
On October 27, two USAF F-16s struck two locations hosting Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps troops and their militias. The airstrikes were in retaliation for a series of strikes against U.S. bases across the region. More on the Fabulous F-16 PM Meets the F-16, The Fighter ...
since it was assumed that the F-15 and F-16 would be able to deal adequately with the Soviet fighters then in service. However, the appearance of new Soviet fighters such as the MiG-29, Su-27, and the MiG-31 caused the USAF to reconsider its philosophy and to contemplate the developme...
Wally and Rose continued to date while he was transferred to different air bases for his training. When he went to Shaw air force base, he would travel the weekends from South Carolina to Pennsylvania to visit her. After Shaw, he sailed the seas on the USS Gen. J. C. Breckenridge to ...