U.S. may sell stealth fighters to India by Staff Writers Washington (UPI) Feb 1, 2011 The United States may allow India to buy its fifth-generation F-35 stealth fighter as part of its Joint Strike Fighter program, military officials in Washington said. U.S. Undersecretary of Defense Ashton Carter, h...

Last F-15s leave Langley-From AF Daily report 7 Sep 10. Langley Says Goodbye to Final F-15s: The last two operational F-15s assigned to the 71st Fighter Squadron at Langley AFB, Va., departed the base for good this past week, ending decades of F-15 operations there. Langley shed the 20 F-15s of the ...

I was the AF Program Manager for the General Defense Intelligence Program (GDIP) in the Pentagon. We spent almost all our time evaluating proposals for new systems, reviewing the costs of on-going programs and consolidating the results for all 4 services into the Congressional Budget Justification B...

From AF Daily Report: Thursday August 12, 2010 US, Russia Conclude Air Defense Exercise: The United States and Russia have completed their first-ever Vigilant Eagle cooperative air defense exercise, NORAD officials announced Wednesday. Vigilant Eagle took place over the course of three days, with US...

Superelite A serviceman who is willing to lay down his/her life in defence of their country without the support of the government that sends them to war with inadequate kit/training/support. Just your average Matelot/pongo/Crabfat :evil: Yes, service men and women write a blank check to their count...

What is super elite? The Royal Marines also face coming under direct Army control from Navy command and the possibility of being grouped into a “super elite” unit alongside two Parachute Regiment battalions. One of those terms that imply better capability from combining forces. Designed to calm dow...

If this keeps up, there will be no more wars. There won't be any hardware to use!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/news ... evels.html

The Air Force Magazine has an annual Almanac issue that details bases, order of battle etc. Even includes maps. I guess it would be harder to map ships.

These USAF Press releases outline some changes in basing for various aircraft. Specific Aircraft types are underlined in each item. PRESS RELEASE -- Secretary of the Air Force, Office of Public Affairs Release No. 072910 July 29,2010 Air Force Announces F-22 Fleet Consolidation WASHINGTON (AFNS) - T...

Yes, summer is a busy time. Lots of landscaping and other projects this year. Plus some problems with Joystick diverted me from sims. Hope to be caught up soon. I have been visiting and downloading the new stuff. Thanks to all the guys making new items.

From AF Daily Report 9 AUG 2010 Redefining Endurance: On Monday, the 55th Wing at Offutt AFB, Neb., will surpass 20 years of non-stop support of operations in Southwest Asia. This is believed to be the longest single continuous deployment in Air Force history, according to wing officials. "This...

These came from a friend via an Email. Here's a some info you may like for your sim set up on RAF Lakenheath (USAF AB) http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/spotting/lakenheath.html plus USAF other Bases UK........RAF Mildenhall http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Mildenhall UK........RAF Fairford ht...

From AF Daily Report 17 Feb 10 Barely a Year Old, 1,000 Hours: The 12-nation Heavy Airlift Wing formed in July 2009 at Papa AB, Hungary to jointly operate three C-17 airlifters under the Strategic Airlift Capability arrangement has reached 1,000 flying hours with a Feb. 12 mission returning from Afg...

From AF Daily Report 16 Feb 10 Massachusetts ANG Begins New Mission: The 104th Fighter Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard on Monday began its air sovereignty alert mission, sitting on 24-hour alert with its new force of F-15 fighters. The unit, based at Barnes Municipal Airport, switched f...

Lt. Col. Lee Archer, Tuskegee Airman, passes 1/29/2010 - SAN ANTONIO (AFNS) -- Lt. Col. Lee Archer, a World War II fighter pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen, died Jan. 27 at the age of 90. He died of coronary complications at New York Hospital in New York City. Colonel Archer entered the Army in Novemb...

This site has streaming video on a variety of military topics. A nice alternative to the News Channel stories.
http://www.pentagonchannel.mil/

Looks like the eagle has it's engines removed. That isn't all that unusual in a situation where they are lifting out an airframe. Wonder where it was?

From AF Daily Report 11 Dec 09 X-tended Prowess: Raytheon announced Wednesday that it has demonstrated, once again, the ability to attack surface targets with the AIM-9X Sidewinder air-to-air missile that is in the inventory of the Air Force and Navy. During this test, which occurred Sept. 23 in the...

From AF Daily Report 11 Dec 09 Wishful Thinking: New KC-X tanker aircraft in the Air Force's inventory today would make the enormous task of surging more US troops into Afghanistan by mid 2010 and then sustaining the entire force there easier, says USAF Gen. Duncan McNabb, US Transportation Command ...

From AF Daily Report- 11 Dec 09 **The argument for bombers has and always will be--the capability to recall them if you need to. Missiles once launched fly to their targets and explode!! Dawn of the Dyad?: With the US on the cusp of going down to about 1,500 deployed nuclear warheads and the nuclear...