by Joe Katzman | Sep 5, 2011 | Blimps & LTA Craft, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Radars, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, USA, Warfare - Trends
TARS, deployed(click to view full) An aerostat is a lighter-than-air craft that relies on a ground tether for movement and sometimes for electrical power as well, as opposed to blimps which are self-powered, free-flying craft. The US military has slowly come around to...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 5, 2011 | Fighters & Attack, Policy - Personnel, USA
US F-16(click to view full) In Smithsonian Air & Space magazine’s 10-year, post-9/11 look at the US Air National Guard, Lt. Col. Scott Van Beek talks about the US ANG’s coming pilot crunch, driven by trends in civil aviation, and by the...
