With the F-22A Raptor's initial operational capability
declaration Dec. 15th, came the capstone of a process that began 76
months earlier, in August 1997, when a C-5 Galaxy landed at Edwards
AFB...
The Marines’ older heavy lifter, the nearly 30-year old
CH-53D Sea Stallion, recently had its capabilities expanded to
operate from the Navy’s newest class of multi-purpose
amphibious assault ships.
Two American pilots were killed Dec. 26th in a helicopter
accident in western Baghdad. The nighttime accident occurred as a
result of a midair collision between two twin-engine AH-64 Apache
gunships.