The Stars and Stripes reports the F-15E Strike Eagle that crashed in March in Libya was brought down due to a weight imbalance.
An Air Force investigation into what caused the crash of an F-15E Strike Eagle during a night combat operation over Libya last March has concluded that a weight imbalance was a major factor…
The situation deteriorated Read more
The Air Force Times reports on the Air Force investigation of the F-22 crash in Alaska in November, 2010. The report
blames the Nov. 16, 2010, crash of an F-22 Raptor on Capt. Jeff “Bong” Haney — despite a malfunction of the jet’s bleed air intakes, which caused an automatic shutdown of multiple aircraft systems including the primary oxygen system.
In essence, the report says his oxygen system failed, but that he Read more
US Representative Duncan Hunter (R-CA) wrote a letter to Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus questioning why no US Marine has been awarded for their actions in Libya — despite the very public search and rescue of a downed F-15E Strike Eagle crew.
“It has come to my attention that no awards or recognition have been approved for Marine aviators who flew combat missions over Libya,” Hunter wrote in a recent letter to Mabus. Read more
President Obama has indicated he fulfilled a campaign promise when he brought the war in Iraq to a “responsible” end. But who really ended the war?
As summarized by the Congressional Research Service [emphasis added],
On November 17, 2008, after months of negotiations, [the US and Iraq] signed the Agreement Between the United States of America and Republic of Iraq On the Withdrawal of United States Forces from Iraq and the Organization of Their Activities during Their Temporary Presence in Iraq.
The agreement required two specific things: Read more
A New York Times article on recent mishaps posits that instinctive reactions to pending emergencies may actually make the problem worse. After noting the memorable feeling of stalling an aircraft:
What is harder to remember, in the heat of the moment, is the proper way to regain control of the aircraft…
“You have to overcome what your instinct tells you to do,” said Mr. [Jean-Pierre] Otelli, whose book “Pilot Errors, Volume 5” was the first to publish the unedited transcript of the Flight 447 cockpit voice recordings.
For the hundreds of pilots Read more
The Air Force Times reports 12 California National Guard fighter pilots are “being disciplined” for taking improper pay. As noted last year, they were investigated for spending alert time at home and getting more than a day’s pay for a day’s work.
None were charged criminally:
Keegan said six officers received letters of reprimand and one of those was removed from the Guard.
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It has long been considered a wound so severe it’s often the first question troops ask after they’ve been hit. Now the Veterans’ Administration is recognizing the value of that most valued of body parts (at least to the male psyche): Read more
Precisely 70 years ago the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II. It was the beginning of four long years of American involvement in the war that had already engulfed the rest of the world for some years.
In his famous speech on December 8th, President Franklin D. Roosevelt called Read more