According to news outlets local to Sacramento, California, a Lockheed U-2S Dragon Lady crashed at around 0905 local time on a … Continue reading UPDATED: US Air Force U-2 Spyplane Goes Down in California
Not too long ago, I shared a 360-degree video created by the Patrouille Suisse, the Swiss Air Force’s jet demonstration team. The … Continue reading 360 Degree Video: Low Level Flight in a Super Hornet
Mid-1949, Lieutenant Commander Johnny Magda was given orders to report to Naval Air Station Whiting Field in central Santa Rosa … Continue reading When the Blue Angels Went to War
According to a release on the official Air Mobility Command website, a C-5M Super Galaxy out of Travis AFB, California, … Continue reading USAF C-5M Galaxy Breaks 45 Records in One Flight
Sources close to the TACAIRNET team have just hit us with a major development… The F-35 Lightning II, the Swiss … Continue reading Wider F-35 Aircraft Replacement Scheme in the Works For NATO
Aviation photographer Jim Mumaw recently captured this stunning image of a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor taking full advantage of … Continue reading F-22 Thrust Vectoring at Work
Two men in orange pressure suits exit a navy blue van near a shelter at Beale Air Force Base, California. … Continue reading Buick Nailhead V8s: The Unsung Heroes of the Oxcart/Blackbird Program
On Friday the 21st, 1956, one of Grumman’s in-house test pilots, Thomas W. Attridge Jr. climed into a borrowed Navy … Continue reading Tigers, Dives and 20 mm Cannons
Early F-14 Tomcats had serious issues with maneuverability, especially during close-in engagements or dogfights. When the aircraft was positioned at … Continue reading Spinning Tomcats
You’re a member of an eight-man recon patrol on a training mission in the Philippine jungles. There’s no real way … Continue reading SPIE
The Tactical Air Network 