This Libyan MiG Shootdown by F-14s Was Both Heroic and Gooned Up
Off the waist catapults, launches an F-14B Tomcat assigned to Fighter Squadron THREE TWO (VF-32), (Swordsmen,) during flight operations onboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), on Dec. 26, 2004. (Philip V. Morrill/U.S. Navy)
22 Apr 2021 We Are The Mighty | By Ward Carroll
Back in the ’80s – before 9/11 when the U.S. military’s focus shifted completely to the Middle East – aircraft carriers used to spend entire deployments in the Mediterranean Sea playing cat-and-mouse with the Soviet Navy, doing bi-lateral exercises with NATO allies, and pulling great liberty in ports like Cannes and Malta.
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GrassRoots Promotion’s Scott Whitehead Has Passed Away
March 15, 2021 at 1:20 AM (PT)
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ALL ACCESS sends condolences to GRASSROOTS PROMOTION Managing Partner and co-owner NANCY TUNICK on the loss of her husband of 29 years, SCOTT WHITEHEAD, who died suddenly on FRIDAY, MARCH 12th. WHITEHEAD served as business manager for the NASHVILLE-based GRASSROOTS and their other venture, FanTheJam.com. He was also a musician, songwriter (formerly signed to ACUFF-ROSE), producer and manager, and a former member of the ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARD-nominated Country duo HOMETOWN NEWS, which scored two charting singles, “Minivan” and “Wheels,” on VFR RECORDS in 2002.
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Here s What You Need to Remember: Advanced air-to-air capabilities could be a gamechanger for America’s newest stealth bomber.
The U.S. Air Force’s new B-21 Raider stealth bomber could fly as early as 2021. And at least one Air Force general believes the new Northrop Grumman-made bomber could gain air-to-air capabilities in order to help it fight its way to its target.
There is some precedent for a bomber aircraft with a secondary air-to-air mission. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the U.S. Navy paid General Dynamics and McDonnell Douglas billions of dollars to develop the A-12 Avenger II, a stealthy, carrier-launched medium bomber that was supposed to replace the Navy’s A-6 Intruders.
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Advanced air-to-air capabilities could be a gamechanger for America’s newest stealth bomber.
Here s What You Need to Remember: If the B-21 does fly in 2021, as planned and ends up including the air-to-air capabilities that have been proposed, it could finally fulfill the A-12’s multi-role promise from nearly 30 years ago.
The U.S. Air Force’s new B-21 Raider stealth bomber could fly as early as 2021. And at least one Air Force general believes the new Northrop Grumman-made bomber could gain air-to-air capabilities in order to help it fight its way to its target.
There is some precedent for a bomber aircraft with a secondary air-to-air mission. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the U.S. Navy paid General Dynamics and McDonnell Douglas billions of dollars to develop the A-12 Avenger II, a stealthy, carrier-launched medium bomber that was supposed to replace the Navy’s A-6 Intruders.