by David Axe | Feb 25, 2013 | Monitor
Chronic coughing is the cost of piloting the F-22 stealth fighter. At least that’s the Air Force’s position.
by David Axe | Feb 11, 2013 | Monitor
The Pentagon Inspector General doesn’t buy the Air Force’s explanation of a 2010 stealth jet crash.
by David Axe | Nov 16, 2012 | Monitor
The Air Force admitted losing two of its top-of-the-line F-22 Raptor stealth fighters on Thursday. It was the worst day yet in a bad year for the pricey, radar-evading jet built by Lockheed Martin.
by David Axe | Nov 8, 2012 | Monitor
An F-22 and an F-35 over Florida. Photo: Air Force The latest critic of the U.S. Air Force’s ambitious — and pricey — plan for an all-stealth fighter fleet is one of the flying branch’s top stealth pilots. Writing in the Air Force Research...
by David Axe | Nov 6, 2012 | Monitor
An F-35 over Florida in October. Photo: Air Force There have been a lot of sketchy claims made about the long-delayed, over-budget F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, history’s most expensive weapon program. But this one takes the cake. According to Stephen...