SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 - As part of their centennial celebration, Offutt Air Force Base held the Defenders of Freedom Air and Space show on Aug. 24-25, 2024. This was the first time Offutt has held the air show since 2018, due to the historic 2019 flood which destroyed one-third of the base, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 18-month runway reconstruction, which wrapped up in Sept. … [Read more...]
Billionaire Embarks on Historic Polaris Dawn Mission
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 - The Living Legends of Aviation are thrilled to share that Jared Isaacman has had a successful launch of the Polaris Dawn Mission on September 10, 2024 at 3:23am MDT. Isaacman, a renowned entrepreneur, pilot, and founder of payments processing company Shift4, has embarked on this groundbreaking journey aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, marking a new era in … [Read more...]
New DLA Strategic Plan Frames Goals
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 - Overcoming contested logistics challenges as the nation faces adversaries in all domains is the Defense Logistics Agency's top priority as outlined in its new 2025-2030 Strategic Plan, "DLA Transforms: A Call to Action." The world has changed since DLA's last Strategic Plan was published in 2021, DLA Director Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly said in a message … [Read more...]
Air Force Examines Emerging Tactics
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024 - More than 10,000 personnel from the Department of Defense, the United Kingdom, and Australia participated in exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-3, a combat-representative exercise including operational test and evaluation experts from the 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron. The OT&E experts’ mission was to test critical command, control, intelligence, … [Read more...]
Army’s Future Tactical Uncrewed Aircraft System
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024 – The U.S. Army recently achieved two major milestones in the development of the Future Tactical Uncrewed Aircraft System Program, when the two competitors completed Modular Open System Approach (MOSA) conformance evaluations and flight demonstrations of their prototype aircraft. The MOSA conformance evaluations were conducted in May, with Griffon … [Read more...]