The head of the Air Force Reserve, Lt. Gen. John Bradley now can claim a feat rarely accomplished by career fighter pilots, he has accumulated 7,000 flying hours. An Air Force Reserve Command release says Bradley’s feat is nearly twice the hours that an average career fighter pilot accumulates. And, Bradley intends to keep flying F-16s until his retirement in summer 2008.
DARPA’s New X-Plane: Meet the X-68A LongShot Drone
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Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgThe Air Force has a new X-plane: The X-68A LongShot from General Atomics is an air-launched...



