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ACC announces Outstanding Airmen of the Year

Air Combat Command announced the recipients of the command’s Outstanding Airmen of the Year Awards, First Sergeant of the Year...

By Jasmine Braswell | Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. • May 9, 2024 9:54 am
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Pancho Barnes: A Genuine Trailblazer in...
Michael Doidge | PhD AFTC Chief Historian • May 8, 2024
Featured Then Col. Dick Rutan in Vietnam. (Air Force photograph)
Remembering Dick Rutan, hero who flew...
Dennis Anderson • May 8, 2024
Legend Dick Rutan passes, leaves an impressive legacy

We are saddened to share the passing of our dear friend and aerospace legend, Dick Rutan, on May 3, 2024…

By Flight Test Historical Foundation • May 7, 2024 11:07 am
Photographer’s image is honored for popular inverted in-flight shot

Riding in the back seat of a car can be boring. Riding in the back of a NASA aircraft is…

By Jay Levine | NASA Armstrong • May 7, 2024 9:07 am
High Desert Hangar Stories | Fate is the Hunter

Many years ago, a movie called Fate Is the Hunter followed the disastrous flight of an aircraft with several issues…

By Bob Alvis | Special to Aerotech News • May 6, 2024 1:18 pm
Astronaut’s remarkable tale: from Snoopy dog to outer space

LANCASTER. Calif. — It’s hard not to believe in the power of dreams seeing a family photo of a kid…

By Dennis Anderson | Special to Aerotech News & Review • May 6, 2024 11:03 am
AFRL new physiological monitoring system undergoes flight tests

An Air Force Research Laboratory-developed physiological monitoring system for pilots completed a series of F-16 flight tests March 4-17, 2024,…

By Whitney Wetsig | Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio • May 3, 2024 9:51 am
C-17 revisited Mojave Airport after 29 years ago

At the April 2024 Plane Crazy Saturday, Capt. Rachel Sallee, U.S. Air Force C-17 instructor pilot gave a great presentation…

By Cathy Hansen | Special to Aerotech News • May 3, 2024 9:36 am
The women of the WASP

By Cathy Hansen Special to Aerotech News When the men went off to war, and the citizens of America learned…

By Cathy Hansen • March 4, 2024 11:04 am
Remembering women in aviation – Past and present

By Cathy Hansen Special to Aerotech News The Antelope Valley, or “Aerospace Valley,” in Southern California has been blessed to…

By Cathy Hansen • March 4, 2024 10:54 am
The remarkable first female naval aviators

Navy photograph In 1974 the U.S. Navy designated its first female naval aviators — The First Six, four of whom…

By Aerotech News • February 24, 2024 9:09 am
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