F/A-18 Hornet

The running joke about the Super Hornet is that it is a “jack of all trades, and master of none”. The truth is that the Hornet and specifically the Super Hornet has been required to replace the F-14 Tomcat, the S-3 Viking and the A-6 Intruder. That required the Super Hornet to effectively satisfy the mission sets of three aircraft. Boeing was responsible for ensuring that the airframe could handle that challenge, and succeeded in most cases. What Boeing was not contracted to solve, however, was how to ensure aircrew maintained proficiency in the required mission sets. Exacerbating the issue are the resource and hour limitations that fleet squadrons are currently experiencing. Hazard Reports (HAZREPs) and Safety Investigation Reports (SIRs)…

budget cut of $1 billion. I have cut my budget of $200 billion to $199 billion by cutting $57 million from the military, $22 million from food and agriculture, $14 million from transportation, and lastly $7 million from energy and environment. Each one of these cuts were made strategically, with a logical reasoning behind them. Within the military budget, I have cut $57 million. A majority of this cut comes from the cancelling of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. The F-35 Joint Strike…

fight in the sky. Below is the list of the world's best fighter jets, based on technology, performance, armament fit and aircraft specifications. F-22 Raptor The F-22 Raptor is the fifth-generation stealth fighter in the U. S. Air Force, using modern avionics, efficient engines, and low-observable technology. This fighter…

The “Armed” part of Canadian Armed Forces initiates much controversy. Equipment must be recent enough to be utilized. For the moment, we are on the search for a manner to improve the procurement system’s efficiency and accountability, as the time span between request and acquisition of new equipment is too long. Also, the Forces are attempting to find an alternative to the older CF-18 jets. The F-35 is the chosen alternative, but the high price tag, lack of economic benefits for Canada, and…

broadcast the event so, when the American Flag was placed on the moon it felt like a victory for America in the space race. Another thing left behind was a plaque with the inscription “Here men from planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon / July 1969, A.D. / We came in peace for all mankind” (Project Apollo). Armstrong and Aldrin both spent twenty-one hours on the surface of the moon, after this, they returned into orbit and docked with Collins in the Columbia. Their flight home took 195…

Without modernized and maintained equipment to use, Soldiers, Seaman, Marines, and Airmen will not able to perform their respective missions. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have caused a lot of wear and tear on the military’s equipment as a whole. Without the necessary funding to make the needed repairs and upkeep of these vital pieces of equipment, the military will not be fully ready to fulfill their missions. A perfect example of this is the 276 F/A-18 Hornet strike fighters in the Marine…

statement is essentially the defense and safeguard of the airspace surrounding North America. They will also use and collaborate with all available military and law enforcement agencies. NORAD is broken down into three regions; the Alaskan NORAD Region (ANR), the Canadian NORAD Region (CANR), and the Continental United States NORAD Region (CONR). Both the United States and Canada provide National Guard and active duty forces, located at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, that detect, validate,…

Robert Philip Hanssen, born April 18, 1944 to police officer Bob Hanssen, was one of the most damaging spies in United States history (Deep Inner Conflicts). Raised in Chicago, he would later attend Knox College where he received an AB degree in Chemistry. Next, in 1966, he would attend Northwestern University. Initially studying to become a dentist, he would decide to instead pursue a degree in Accounting and Information Systems. While in college, he would also take classes on the Russian…

of being abducted by aliens or a witness putting someone to jail? Both are trusting the human word and should not be viewed differently, because at the end of the day they are both being seen by a human eye and expressed by a human mouth. The truth is starting to come out. The New York Times talked about the Pentagon spending years after years on a top secret Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program to investigate UFOs. The Pentagon claims this program was shut down in 2012, but they…

So, a major challenge that Boeing and stakeholders will have to face is a possible clash of Boeing’s value of working as one Boeing. Because of the military participation in Embraer, a centralizing all Embraer’s activity will not be possible with Boeing; and political pressure can render part of the relationship at stake a good example would be when the US National Security Agency had spied on the Brazilian president in the past which halted completely the deal between the two companies to build…