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March 24, 2021

First ANG F-35 Pilot Graduates from USAF Weapons School

Active Duty, Air National Guard And Air Force Reserve Officers Are Eligible To Apply

Nationally recognized as the first Air National Guard (ANG) unit to be tasked with the F-35A Lightning II mission, Vermont’s 158th Fighter Wing now welcomes another title: home of the first ANG F-35 pilot to graduate from the U.S. Air Force Weapons School. Active duty, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve officers are eligible to apply for admission to the U.S. Air Force Weapons School. After a highly competitive selection process, accepted students face roughly 6 months of the world’s most advanced training in weapons and tactics employment. This grueling, graduate-level classwork is designed to create tactical experts in various different combat

Air Crew Was Able To Escape The MH-60S Before It Sank And No Lives Were Lost In The Accident

NAVSEA’s Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV) recovered a downed Navy MH-60S helicopter from a depth of 19,075 feet off the coast of Okinawa, Japan Thursday, March 22nd. The helicopter, a twin-engine Sikorsky Seahawk, crashed into the Pacific Ocean last year while operating from the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19). The air crew was able to escape the MH-60S before it sank and no lives were lost in the accident. Responding to a U.S. Pacific Command Fleet request, SUPSALV located and documented the wreckage using side-scan sonar and photographs of the helicopter as it lay on the ocean floor during North Pacific operations last spr

From 2017 (YouTube Version): Not Everything At Heli-EXPO Was Brand New…

People attend shows like Heli-EXPO to see what is the latest and greatest in aircraft and associated systems and equipment. But not everyone exhibiting at the show in Dallas in March had something brand new on display. Such was the case with the Commemorative Air Force (CAF), which is dedicated to restoring and flying vintage military aircraft. At their booth, attendees saw the bones of an iconic rotorcraft, the Sikorsky Hoverfly.