Soviets can detect Stealth bomber, US Air Force chief says

The Boston Globe;  October 10, 1991 ;     553 words ...WASHINGTON -- The Air Force's top officer...that Soviet air defenses probably could...McPeak, the Air Force chief of staff...invisible to air defenses but would be...to penetrate air defenses are an important...billion more the Air Force says is ...

Air Force demonstrates F-16 SEAD capability. (suppression of enemy air...

Journal of Electronic Defense;  September 1, 1994 ;     388 words ...The US Air Force put on a live-fire demonstration...lethal suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD) in a recent operational...early-summer decision by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen Merrill...deliberation last year, the Air Force had selected the single-seat...aging F-4G ...

Hardcore hard kill: seeds of a new SEAD. (suppression of enemy air...

Journal of Electronic Defense;  February 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD) mission...center at an Arizona Air Force base - it's gone...incapacitation of its air defenses during the Gulf...its surface-to-air menace, as attested...attrition of enemy air defenses. Instead of reacting...

Air Force reopens SEAD platform debate. (suppression of enemy air...

Journal of Electronic Defense;  July 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ......manned suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD) mission, the Air Force may reopen the proverbial...assessment (COEA). According to Air Force sources familiar with planning...manufacturer of the F-16, briefed Air Force Chief of Staff Gen Merrill...

Air Force Counterattacks In Defense of B-2 `Stealth'; Lawmakers Warn of...

The Washington Post;  July 13, 1989 ;     600 words ...The Air Force, in its first public...charts and numbers, the Air Force's two top officials argued...increased pressure on Air Force officials who have scheduled...impossibility-you can't sell that." Air Force officials argued that...evade powerful Soviet air ...

AF told to continue F-15 SEAD dem/val efforts. (US Air Force; suppression...

Journal of Electronic Defense;  November 1, 1994 ;     472 words ......House Appropriations Conference requested that the Air Force keep some $37.4 million in the FY 1996 budget to support...runs counter to a top-level AF announcement that the Air Force had intended to cancel the effort as a cost-saving...shift future manned destructive suppression of enemy ...

Q. WHEN IS A STEALTH BOMBER NOT SO STEALTHY? A. WHEN IT'S HOT, RAINY OR...

The Virginian Pilot;  August 23, 1997 ;     628 words ......expensive airplane at $2 billion apiece, the Air Force's B-2 stealth bomber is touted as a technological...the investigative arm of Congress says the Air Force has discovered that the B-2 ``must be sheltered...by the General Accounting Office said the Air Force is working on the ...

From a patch of dust to pride of Air Force

The Boston Globe;  January 12, 1991 ;     700+ words ......kingdom, the US Air Force is primed to launch...knock out Iraq's air defenses, pulverize strategic...wing in the modern Air Force," said Col. Dave...to strike Iraqi air defenses, military installations...Previously, the 4th Air Wing was based...

Good Move.(air defense networks, suppression of enemy air defenses)

Journal of Electronic Defense;  May 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......to fight the enemy's air defenses in a dedicated and methodical...support. That the US Air Force denuded itself of its...of defeating modern air defenses, imbued with new technologies...teeth of a new order of air defenses. An icon of integrated...

NATO strikes on Kosovo would start with Serb air defenses and escalate

AP Online;  October 12, 1998 ;     700+ words ......reach of Serbia's formidable air defenses while a pair of B-2 Stealth...potentially troublesome air force dispersing to caves, bunkers...of Soviet-made surface-to-air missiles capable of posing...always feared U.S. and NATO air power and so they developed a comprehensive system of ...

Sept. 11 commission will examine deployment of air defenses.

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  June 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ......generals about the way America's air defenses were deployed, and whether...will turn to the nation's air defenses, and the question of whether...four hijacked airliners. Air Force Gen. Richard Myers, chairman...second key witness will be Air Force Gen. Ralph Eberhart, ...

September 11 Commission Will Examine Deployment of U.S. Air Defenses.

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  June 16, 2004 ;     700+ words ......generals about the way America's air defenses were deployed, and whether...will turn to the nation's air defenses, and the question of whether...four hijacked airliners. Air Force Gen. Richard Myers, chairman...second key witness will be Air Force Gen. Ralph Eberhart, ...

Air Force lethal SEAD. (suppression of enemy air defenses) (Cover Story)

Journal of Electronic Defense;  February 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ......lethal suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD), the mission has gone...AFTER THE WEASEL But as the US Air Force's Air Combat Center (ACC...The recent approval of the Air Force's Mission Needs Statement...not as important, stated an Air Force spokesperson. Long before...

Air Force selects SEAD contractors.(suppression of enemy air defenses)

Journal of Electronic Defense;  November 1, 1998 ;     381 words ...The Air Force and the Defense Advanced Research...bidders in the competition to build the Air Force's next-generation lethal suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD) targeting system. The three-ye...Stand-Off Weapon. In June 1998, the Air Force Research Lab, Sensors ...

Baghdad ringed by air defenses stronger than in Gulf War

International Herald Tribune;  March 18, 2003 ;     700+ words ......effort to improve Baghdad's air defenses, has ringed the capital with...General Dan Leaf, the chief air force officer in the headquarters...Asked to compare Iraq's air defenses with those during the Gulf...for years, Leaf said. U.S. Air Force officials say that ...