US District Judge Jeffrey Miller ruled the surviving members of a family killed by an F/A-18 crash in San Diego were to receive $17.8 million from the US government. They had sued and sought $56 million.
Don Yoon lost his 36-year-old wife, Youngmi Lee Yoon; his 15-month-old daughter, Grace; his 2-month-old daughter, Rachel; and Read more
The Associated Press did a check-up on the experimental X-37B and decided it was still in space, nine months after it launched on its vaguely described (nine-month planned) sortie.
The X-37B orbital test vehicle was due to land in California this week, but the Air Force said Tuesday that the mission will be extended. A landing date has not been set.
The current flight (orbit?) is the second public mission of the vehicle system. While some sites have noted the “experimental” mission may be in preparation for future missions, there’s nothing to say it isn’t doing now precisely what they want it to…
An experimental F-35C recently launched from the US Navy’s experimental Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS). Though it was not the first fighter to do so, it may very well be the first single-engine aircraft major weapons system launched by a US Navy catapult of any kind in some time. By the time the F-35 is operational, the EMALS will likely be established on the Gerald R. Ford class of carriers, assuming no major issues in each program.
The DoD published the video on YouTube.
Purists have for years mocked the Hollywood portrayal of military UAVs. The 2007 Transformers, for example, featured an afterburning Predator.
The Predator has a propeller, so that’s like having an afterburning Cessna 172.
Now, however, reality has started to catch up with fiction. The Air Force has reportedly purchased — and deployed, its single Predator C, which has a jet engine in place of the propeller.
It does not appear to be an afterburning engine, but there’s still time yet…
The US Coast Guard pilot charged with negligent homicide for the 2010 crash of his helicopter has faced his Article 32 hearing. Lt. Lance Leone was the sole survivor of the crash, which occurred when the helicopter hit a 1,900-foot unmarked wire span. The lead investigator said the wires were improperly marked, but even so, the helicopter should never have been that low.
Capt. Timothy Heitsch…said that as an aviator, he did not believe the lines were marked in a way they could have been seen…
The helicopter hit Read more
CIA civilian Gary Powers, infamously shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960 in a U-2, will be posthumously awarded a Silver Star by the US Air Force.
The Air Force determined that the U-2 pilot showed “steadfast loyalty” while under harsh interrogation in Soviet prisons… [citing] his “sustained courage” and gallantry despite “cajolery, trickery, insults and threats of death.”
Issues of classification and political strain kept Powers from any Read more
The extended members of four members of a family who were killed in the 2008 crash of an F/A-18 Hornet into their San Diego home are reportedly suing the Marine Corps for $56 million.
Don Yoon lost his 36-year-old wife, Youngmi Lee Yoon; his 15-month-old daughter, Grace; his 2-month-old daughter, Rachel; and his 59-year-old mother-in-law, Seokim Kim Lee, who was visiting from Korea to help her eldest daughter take care of their children.
As noted at the time, the accident represented Read more
The Article 32 hearing which will determine the future course of a trial against imprisoned US Army PFC Bradley Manning — accused of releasing classified documents — recently began, about 18 months after he was initially arrested. Manning faces life in prison.
Defense lawyer David Coombs, reportedly known for his “unique” defense strategies, has already tried and failed in its attempt to have the military judge replaced. He also had many witnesses denied; he was supposedly going to question the Read more