Aviation Features

Commentary by Col. Charles J. Westgate III, 386th Expeditionary Maintenance Group commander […]

While other nations have Marines who are aviators, only the United States Marine Corps has its own dedicated aviation arm. […]

The Defense Satellite Communications Systems Phase III is an important part of the comprehensive plan to support globally distributed military users. […]

Steve Fossett is a businessman and pilot who set several aviation records during his lifetime. He disappeared while flying solo on September 3, 2007. […]

Paul Warfield Tibbets, Jr. was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force, best known for being the pilot of the Enola Gay, the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb. […]

“We’ve been kicking everyone’s butt with this airplane,” says Lt. Col. Mike Stapleton in an animated briefing on the F/A-22 Raptor. […]

The Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) used by the US Air Force as a surveillance aircraft. […]

The aviation industry is in a period of innovation and new frontiers, with one of the hottest topics right now being the (Very) Light Jet. […]

NASA is now accepting applications for its 2009 astronaut class. The agency is looking for a few men and women who want to fulfill their dreams and be a part of the next generation of explorers. […]

Airmen of the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron here flew to the Pele Bombing Range in Hawaii to drop inert weapons as part of Exercise Koa Lightning Sept. 16 and 17. […]