The pilot of an Air Force F-16C had just seconds to act after the plane’s engine abruptly died a minute after take-off from a New Mexico air base last year.
“Engine failure,” the pilot radioed to three other F-16s moments after a loud clap rocked his plane and left it unflyable just a thousand feet off the ground.
An Air Force report released Wednesday on the investigation of the April 2024 crash laid out the “catastrophic” mechanical failures that brought the plane down and how the pilot survived the mishap.
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This is Chapter 7 in the Transition Memoir. Catch up here.
Amid the struggle of figuring out who I was and where I was going next, I went to the Military Influencer Conference in 2018. At the time I had made less than a few hundred dollars my whole blogging career. I was in the red, and it is crazy to think that I invested in myself to attend this conference. But it was truly a turning point.
At the conference, I had the chance to meet people I had connected with online, and I told them about my idea for a podcast focused on sharing women veterans’ stories.
MilDef experienced its highest levels of order intake and sales in Q4 of 2024, with 89% surge in orders, reaching Skr773m ($70.81m).
Happy Friday! As usual, trying to keep up with the latest defense news has been like trying to drink from the FIREHOSE! Case in point, President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday that the United States could take over and redevelop Gaza.
When Trump was asked if he would consider sending U.S. troops to Gaza, he initially said, “If it’s necessary, we’ll do that.”
But on Thursday, Trump posted on Truth Social that “the Gaza Strip would be turned over to the United States by Israel at the conclusion of fighting,” adding that “No soldiers by the U.S.
Germany has chosen the Israeli PULS rocket launcher system, to form the basis for the Bundeswehr’s future long-range indirect fire system.
Chris Gordon, A&SF
The U.S. military’s V-22 fleet will receive a slate of improvements aimed at safety as the fallout from a deadly U.S.
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LaGrone, USNI N.
WarZone
The F-15EX has so far impressed in simulated combat, even against fifth-generation threats, although new enemy long-range missiles could prove a challenge.
Kyle Mizokami, 1945
Sometime in the late 2020s, the first new American bomber in…