SquadronBriefing

11/22/2021

“A less grand but very fitting tribute to the assassinated president took place on the evening of July 20, 1969, when an anonymous citizen placed a small bouquet of flowers on the Kennedy gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery with a note that read, “Mr. President, the Eagle has landed.”

John F. Kennedy will no doubt be remembered as the U.S. leader who in 1961 asked the country to commit to sending Americans to the moon “before this decade is out.” But Kennedy’s attitude toward the space program was complex.

11/12/2021

Awesome! 😎👍

11/10/2021

"The ASF-14, with some 60,000 pounds of thrust and a better thrust-to-weight ratio than the F-14D, thrust vector control, massive internal fuel stores, huge payload capabilities, and incredible situational awareness provided by powerful onboard radar and a multitude of sensor pods, could have been a 4th generation fighter with few — or maybe no — peers to this very day."

Not long ago, we explored the reasons the legendary F-14 Tomcat found itself sent out to pasture decades before its fighter classmates from the 1970s, but

12/10/2020

Boeing's T-33s are flying into retirement.

12/07/2020

11/27/2020

Amazing! 💪🇺🇸

11/14/2020

09/21/2020

Following a series of critical contract awards and hardware milestones, NASA has shared an update on its Artemis program, including the latest Phase 1 plans to land the first woman and the next man on the surface of the Moon in 2024.

09/21/2020

American Airlines begins scheduling Boeing 737 MAX pilot training

08/22/2020

Wow! 😎 You can see the current Gulfstream design lines started back in the G1’s fuselage & nose. I remember seeing several corporate G1’s in operation back in the day.

What a day! Not a lot could be more rare than this! An absolute highlight of my aviation career, seeing, hearing and feeling the power of the G1! There are only 6 currently active G1's in the world! This particular machine was built in 1959 making it 61 years old and has had a complete refurb - spor...