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

De-constructing Sukhoi’s PAK-FA

BySteeljawscribe 11 April 201025 December 2010

You may recall that when the PAK-FA first took flight earlier this year a quick analysis was run on these pages and those over at USNI with a note that more granular analyses would surely be forthcoming.Â One of the first out of the box was over at the Air Power Australia site, and was…

Air Warfare

A JSF Program Re-Structuring on the Horizon?

BySteeljawscribe 23 October 200924 October 2009

DoDBuzz is reporting new cost estimates for the JSF program are going to jump by over $17.1B.Â Apparently the concurrent nature of the program lies at the heart of the massive revision upwards of program costs.Â So much so that Nunn-McCurdy is starting to be invoked: â€œUnfortunately, DoD has put all its eggs in the…

Hawkeye At Fifty | Reflections

Remembering Bluetail 601 – Four Years Later

BySteeljawscribe 31 March 2014

Real heroes – amazing, and humbling, in what they do.

Air Warfare | history lessons | Navy

PTDO Alert: Calling All Steeljaws

BySteeljawscribe 27 November 2010

Initial planning is underway for a reunion of all Steeljaws next year, most likely in the Norfolk area.Â Open to anyone who was a part of the Figthin’ Bitin’ Steeljaws from 1967-1996 (and I think we’ll even welcome SteelBats as well — and if you have to ask, you weren’t one 😉 ).Â More info…

This Week on MIDRATS: “Let’s Talk Missiles” – UPDATED

BySteeljawscribe 21 July 201222 July 2012

` Join us for Midrats this Sunday, 22 July 2012 on blogtalk radio, where the topic is missiles – ballistic and cruise; and your humble scribe is the guest.Â Seven months into this year and we have seen much on this front.Â Pick a theater and you will find ballistic and cruise missiles are at…

Air Warfare

Fifth Generation Fighters – The Competition Casts Its Ballot (UPDATED)

BySteeljawscribe 29 January 201030 January 2010

UPDATE: Lots of comparisons to the F-22 based on the front end shots and planform, but I’m also thinking that Sukhoi took some cues from this bad boy: based on a comparison from the tailfeather POV: for comparison, here is an in-flight of the YF-22 and YF-23: Things that make you go hmmm…. In this…

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