For a good long while now, we’ve been anticipating the retirement of a pretty good and solid attack airplane, the A-10 Thunderbolt II, otherwise known as the Worthog. This is one awesome airplane! Capable of carrying a TON of ordinance and with a nose-mounted cannon that can turn tanks into swiss … [Read more...] about Great News for A-10 Warthog Fans!

After reading a pretty fun article on scout.com about who would win in a mock engagement between a flight of F-15s against Russian Su-27 Flankers, it got me thinking about the fun- and the agonies- of mock engagements. Mock engagements are extremely important in the training of fighter pilots. It … [Read more...] about The Fun of Mock Engagements

One of the most amazing developments that has come up in the JSF program is the creation of an amazing weapon that matches the awesomeness of the plane carrying it: the F-35 Lightning II. And that is the Joint Strike Missile! The JSM is designed for both Ant-Surface Warfare and Naval Fire Support … [Read more...] about Joint Strike Missiles- As Versatile As YOU Need to Be!

The U.S. government and the military always look at things from the standpoint of a cost/benefit analysis, meaning that they usually won’t go with something unless the benefit either makes up for or is even greater than the cost. This makes sense. After all, would YOU invest in something if you … [Read more...] about Fighters and Fighter Pilots: Cost/Benefit Analysis

We learn from a very young age in life the unfortunate reality that not all human beings are good people. Whatever their reasons are, they just seem to have this need to push around and bully other people that don’t agree with them. As we get older, we realize that bullying isn’t something that … [Read more...] about North Korea and Dealing With Threats