Hawkeye Week!

BySteeljawscribe 1 October 201210 October 2012

Â A little Hawkeye Love over at Travel for Aircraft this week — head on over for a series of posts, and many photos of the mighty War Hummer!

(props – literally to JM)

Air Warfare | Joint Warfare | Maritime Strategy | Missile Defense

Stand-up of the Navy Air and Missile Defense Command (NAMDC)
BySteeljawscribe 30 April 200927 February 2010

On Thursday, 30 April 2009, the Navy’s newest Center of Excellence (COE), the Navy Air and Missile Defense Center, was opened for business onboard the Naval Weapons Development Center, Dahlgren Virginia. RADM Brad Hicks, who is also the Aegis BMD program director, will serve as the Center’s first commander until a permanent flag is assigned…

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Air Warfare | Flightdeck Friday | history lessons

Flightdeck Friday — #ww2flyover
BySteeljawscribe 8 May 2015

[rev_slider ww2flyoer] Special day today in the DMV — 50 aircraft representing all theaters of operation and Services were gathered of a flyover in observation of the 70th Anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany (VE-Day) and the defeat that followed later that summer for Japan. YHS chose to watch the big wings (figure…

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Air Warfare | Flightdeck Friday | history lessons | Navy

Project CADILLAC: The Beginning of AEW in the US Navy (Part II)
BySteeljawscribe 9 October 201011 October 2010

Project CADILLAC (Part II) Â Â Â Â Project Cadillac was more than just a program to develop radar â€“ it would develop an entire AEW system — Radar, IFF, relay equipment, shipboard receivers, and airborne platform. Such an undertaking would be ambitious enough in peacetime, at the height of a critical stage in the…

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Air Warfare | Flightdeck Friday | history lessons | Naval Warfare

FLIGHTDECK FRIDAY RED STAR EDITION (КРАСНАЯ ЗВЕЗДА ИЗДАНИЕ) – THE TU-22 BLINDER & TU-22M BACKFIRE Part 2
BySteeljawscribe 10 April 201511 April 2015

Part 1 1958 was a year of ups and downs. The world’s first satellite launched in October 1957, Sputnik, came crashing to earth with the New Year. The Cold War gets ever hotter as nuclear tests continue (35 by theSoviets alone) and the means for delivery become faster and more complex. Across the Atlantic…

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Air Warfare

MAKS 2007 – Wrap-up
BySteeljawscribe 27 August 200728 March 2010

So, MAKS ’07 wrapped up Sunday and what was the final talley? 100,000 visitors daily (new records for the show), but a mere $1.5B US in sales (mlitary and civilian). According to Russia Today (Business) Ilyushin Finance was the biggest winner with $1B in sales, mostly stemming from sales of the mid-range Tupolev Tu-204…

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Air Warfare

Some More Observations on the Sukhoi PAK-FA
BySteeljawscribe 1 February 20101 February 2010

ÐŸÐµÑ€ÑÐ¿ÐµÐºÑ‚Ð¸Ð²Ð½Ñ‹Ð¹ ÐÐ²Ð¸Ð°Ñ†Ð¸Ð¾Ð½Ð½Ñ‹Ð¹ ÐšÐ¾Ð¼Ð¿Ð»ÐµÐºÑ Ð¤Ñ€Ð¾Ð½Ñ‚Ð¾Ð²Ð¾Ð¹ ÐÐ²Ð¸Ð°Ñ†Ð¸Ð¸, Perspektivnyi Aviatsionnyi Kompleks Frontovoi Aviatsy, literally “Future Front-line Aircraft System” As more video and still footage becomes available, some thoughts are emerging.Â First observation is that clearly this is just a flying prototype that focuses on the airframe and not much else for a 5th gen fighter: Alexander Golts, an…

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