General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon

Remembering the Defenders: North America’s Military Response to 9/11

September 10, 2016 // 2 Comments

Fifteen years ago on the morning of September 11, a pair of single-seater F-16 Fighting Falcons of the New Jersey Air National Guard were simulating air-to-ground strikes [read more...]

The F-16IN Super Viper Could Get Another Shot with the Indian Air Force

August 15, 2015 // 6 Comments

According to The Indian Express, the United States has extended an offer to India to jointly produce a line of fighter jets to both enhance military ties as well as provide [read more...]

Wider F-35 Aircraft Replacement Scheme in the Works For NATO

April 1, 2015 // 0 Comments

Sources close to the TACAIRNET team have just hit us with a major development… The F-35 Lightning II, the Swiss Army knife of fighter aircraft, has been designed to [read more...]

Life After the Warthog

March 8, 2015 // 1 Comment

“There’s only so much you can get out of that airplane,” Carlisle said. “Those airplanes are gonna wear out. They’ve been worked very, very [read more...]

The Next Generation of Close Air Support

February 17, 2015 // 7 Comments

The venerable Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, more commonly known as the Warthog or simply Hog, has been in the news constantly for the past 13 months or so. [read more...]

Fiction: The Burning Man Revenge.

February 5, 2015 // 1 Comment

It is a simple plan. One conceived in legend by the Greeks around 1260 A.D. The tactic originates from the Seven Military Classics and the masterwork of Sun Tzu, in his Art [read more...]

The Navy and the Fighting Falcon

July 7, 2014 // 0 Comments

After General Dynamics won the ACF contract with the United States Air Force to produce their F-16 Fighting Falcon as a primary fighter aircraft, GD turned their sights [read more...]

It’s all about Aggression

May 29, 2014 // 1 Comment

The 64th Aggressor Squadron (64 AGRS) have been providing dissimilar air combat training for over 40 years. Alan Kenny/Speedbird visited the squadron in November 2013. The [read more...]

TOPGUN

May 13, 2014 // 3 Comments

Top Gun has been enshrined in the military aviation community as the official movie of fighter pilots. The film, pretty much functioning as one large recruitment commercial, [read more...]

Joint Strike Fighter

December 15, 2013 // 3 Comments

How do the thinkers over at the Department of Defense decide that a fighter’s too old and needs to be replaced? Does it take a few decades before they start wondering [read more...]