The Norse Goddesses
1 July 2009
It took a couple of tries, but Norwegian Defence Minister Anne-Grethe Strøm-Erichsen followed tradition and shattered a bottle of champagne on the forward fuselage jack pad of the Royal Norwegian Air Force's first Super Hercules.
Going Vertical
1 July 2009
The F-35 hover pit may resemble an olympic-size swimming pool, but this specially instrumented test structure at the F-35 factory in Fort Worth, Texas, holds no water and is covered with interlocking metal grates that span its surface.
On The Fast Track
1 July 2009
The 37th Airlift Squadron at Ramstein AB, Germany, is the only permanently assigned us tactical airlift squadron in Europe. If there is an airlift need in Europe, Africa, or even western Asia, the 37th, known as the Blue Tail Flies, is usually the first s
Dover Delivery
1 July 2009
With Gen. Art Lichte, commander of Air Mobility Command, at the controls, the first C-5M Super Galaxy touched down at Dover AFB, Delaware, on 9 February to begin a new chapter in C-5 operations.
Viking Departure
1 July 2009
The US Navy retired the last S-3 Viking carrier-based multimission aircraft from fleet service in ceremonies at NAS Jacksonville, Florida, on 30 January, closing out the aircraft's operational career. The event, held to formally disestablish Sea Control W
In Memoriam—Harry Hillaker
1 July 2009
Lockheed Martin aerospace engineer and designer Harry James Hillaker died on 8 February at his home in Fort Worth, Texas. He was eighty-nine.
Fifty Years Of Hercules Down Under
9 January 2009
A new era in Australian airlift began on 13 December 1958 when Wing Commander Ian Olorenshaw, a former fighter pilot, and his crew touched down at RAAF Richmond west of Sydney, completing the delivery flight of the first C-130A Hercules for the Royal Aust
Orions Wet And Dry
1 January 2009
One of the first things visitors notice at RAAF Edinburgh is the digital clocks. The clocks are an apt symbol for the current dual mission tasking for the RAAF Orion crews.
F-35 Flight Test Perspectives
15 September 2008
Eighteen test vehicles, more than 5,000 sorties, and 10,000 flight test hours are just a few ways to sum up the testing planned for the System Development and Demonstration, or SDD, phase of the F-35 program.
X to F: F-35 Lightning II And Its X-35 Predecessors
15 May 2008
A side-by-side comparison of the X-35 Joint Strike Fighter prototype with the F-35 Lightning II production aircraft underscores the huge strides the JSF program has made transitioning from demonstration to development.
