Air Force Chief Tests F-15K in Skies Over Dokdo (South Korea)

Posted at: Mon Jan 2nd, 2006

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Kim Sung-il was in the pilot's seat of one of Korea’s new F-15K fighter jets on Monday afternoon in a symbolic sortie high over Dokdo, the islets in the East Sea that have come to galvanize patriotic sentiment. Gen. Kim took off from a base in Daegu, around 4 p.m. wit...

A-10 Impact in Afghanistan

Posted at: Mon Jan 2nd, 2006

January 1, 2006: In Afghanistan, one of the most effective aircraft weapons has been the 30mm automatic cannon carried by the A-10 aircraft. Stationed outside of Kabul, the A-10s average about 18 sorties (each nearly four hours long) a day. Several times a month, an A-10 will be called on to apply s...