Category: Air Force Reserve

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March 7, 2020

ANDREWS-2019: A LOOK BACK and A LOOK FORWARD:

Editor: This is Part One of a two-part article about the Joint Base Andrews facility, tenant units, and their latest air show in 2019. The weekend of May 11th 2019 was a special time in Washington, DC. No,...

Air Force Reserve / Air National Guard / Air Transports / Airshow / Trainers / Transports / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Navy

January 1, 2020

TRAINERS, TANKERS, AND TRANSPORTS: A closer look at these integral aircraft at AirVenture 2019

As we wrap up our coverage of the modern military presence at AirVenture 2019 we take a look at the trainers, tankers, and transports at this year’s show. These aircraft often overlooked in favor of the sleek fighters...

Air Force Reserve / Air National Guard / Air Transports / military / tanker ride / Transports / U.S. Air Force

August 3, 2019

The U.S. Air Force’s KC-46A Pegasus Update

KC-46A Pegasus on approach to a Joint Base McGuire runway. Photo by Mike Colaner. Boeing’s KC-46A Pegasus program has been fraught with delays caused by several bid cancellations, system redesigns, and recent quality control issues. Originally, a plan to...

Air Force Reserve / military / NOAA / Special Aviation Events / Transports

May 25, 2019

How Aviation Helps Us to Prepare For the “Big One”

A week-long travelling road show (well, actually a travelling air show) began a five-state presentation at Rhode Island’s Quonset State Airport on May 6th, 2019. The event took a multi-faceted approach to hurricane preparedness; it offered education on the...