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 14, 2012 | Monitor
New weapons and sensors are freeing the expanding Air Force gunship fleet to fly and fight in daytime, heralding far-reaching changes in U.S. air power.
by David Axe | Nov 9, 2012 | Monitor
A Predator drone over Afghanistan in 2006. Photo: Air Force The U.S. military’s drones are defenseless against enemy fighters — as an incident this month over the Persian Gulf shows. But that wasn’t always the case. In 2002 the Air Force fitted some...
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...