US Air Force Stands Up New F-22 Squadron

The 95th Fighter Squadron and Aircraft Maintenance Unit will again call Tyndall home as officials announced the recent F-22 Raptor squadron activated Oct. 11. “We are honored to have the 95th call Tyndall home again,” said Col. David E. Graff, 325th Fighter Wing Commander. “It symbolizes most to both our local people and armed forces history.” The 95th called Tyndall home for 3 decades with their mascot, Mr. Bones, a skeleton with a top hat and cane, adorning the unit patch. “I feel very fortunate to bring the 95th and Mr. Bones back home to Tyndall,” said Lt. Col. Erick... Read More »

The Hair Raising Job

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US Army Develops Anti-UAV Weapons

As the army use of unmanned aircraft systems has increased dramatically, including by entities which will pose a threat to america, scientists at Picatinny Arsenal are section of the trouble to counter potential threats to U.S. military by such systems. Unmanned aircraft systems, or UAS, is the term to explain a much more advanced “drone” or unpiloted flying object or aircraft used to hold out an army operation. In many cases, unmanned aircraft are used to assemble intelligence with cameras and sensors, thus there’s a need for the U.S. Militia to have counter measures in place. Such measures may include... Read More »

Struggles of sequestration: Fighter wing gets creative during 3-month down time

It was an eerie sight at this normally bustling F-16 base. The flight line was completely away from aircraft. Tools were neatly tucked away, hangars were silent and operations had completely come to a halt. For the 388th Fighter Wing, it meant the beginning of sequestration, with one fighter squadron forced to minimize flying hours and another squadron completely shut down. For greater than three months, the 421st Fighter Squadron was reduced to “basic mission capable” flying hours, and the 4th FS stood down completely, causing a ripple effect for commanders, maintainers and pilots alike, and challenging them to seek... Read More »

F-35 Program Halts Development of Alternate Helmet

The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) today informed Lockheed Martin that it decided to halt development of the alternate F-35 helmet and focus exclusively on maturing the Rockwell Collins Elbit Systems of America Vision Systems Generation 2 (Gen 2) helmet currently utilized in training and testing. This system will recoup approximately $45 million in funds it had originally allocated for the construction of the alternate helmet. In 2011, program and industry officials acknowledged that there have been technical issues facing the main helmet system. To make sure viable combat capability was available when needed, this system began a dual-path development... Read More »