By Oriana Pawlyk: No Grounding for T-38 Fleet After 5th Crash in 12 Months, Air Force Says
In honor of the centennial of the end of the First World War, here are seven facts from the “Great War.”
By Chris Carola: Remains of US Soldier Killed in Korean War Identified
ALBANY, N.Y. — There’s now a national veterans cemetery not far from where John Martin grew up along the upper Hudson River, but when it came time to pick a burial place for the soldier 68 years after he was killed in the Korean War, his niece picked the family plot at a nearby cemetery.
“Nope, he’s going in the plot with his mom,” Tamaris Martin Dolton said Monday, when the Pentagon announced Martin’s remains were identified nearly seven decades after he died. “She’s been without him too long.”
By Oriana Pawlyk: Report Blames F-22 Belly Skid on Human Error
An F-22 Raptor pilot taking off from Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada, in April had incorrect takeoff data, reached inadequate airspeed and prematurely retracted the landing gear, causing the stealth jet to slide down the runway, according to a new accident report.
The jet, from the 3rd Wing at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, was taking off on a training sortie with a Navy F/A-18 Hornet for a TOPGUN basic flight maneuver exercise when the mishap occurred April 13, according to the Accident Investigation Board report released last week.
By Maj. Jamie Schwandt: Let’s Do This: What Military Leaders Can Learn From ‘Leeroy Jenkins!’
Maj. Jamie Schwandt, USAR, is a logistics officer who has served as an operations officer, planner and commander. He holds a doctorate from Kansas State University. This article represents his own personal views, which are not necessarily those of the Department of the Army.