Guy Norris from Aviation Week flew in the AFRL/NASA F-16 to experience first hand the effectiveness of the automatic ground collision avoidance system (Auto-GCAS).
U.S. missile shield in Europe could be operational next year
Washington wants to activate an X-band radar in Turkey or Bulgaria next year. Continue reading “U.S. missile shield in Europe could be operational next year”
Maintainers resurrect F-16s that will become targets
Specialists with the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base are regenerating F-16s so they can be flown to a Boeing facility in Florida where they will be converted to QF-16 full-scale aerial targets.
Hellenic Apache crashed on Friday
Two Greek pilots in a Apache attack helicopter were killed when their aircraft went down near Athens. Continue reading “Hellenic Apache crashed on Friday”
USAFE chief says not to rely on UAVs
Outgoing commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Gen. Roger Brady, told participants of a UAV conference that success of the UAV in Iraq and Afghanistan may not be repeated in future conflicts.