F-16s Could Equip Private Air Force
Discovery Air Defence eyes surplus Vipers
November 28, 2015
Canadian firm Discovery Air Defence Services flies around two dozen ex-Israeli A-4N Skyhawk fighters and former German Alpha Jet trainers to support the U.S., Canadian and German militaries. The old jets tow aerial targets, conduct radar-jamming during war games and play the role of enemy fighters during mock air-to-air combat.
... Discovery is eyeing four single-seat F-16As and two twin-seat F-16Bs, according to Cooper. He describes the source of the Vipers as “undisclosed,” but other firms have reportedly inspected Israeli F-16s and the Jewish state is probably Discovery’s seller, too.
http://warisboring.com/articles/f-16s-f ... air-force/
Red Air For Hire: The big business of private air forces
Nov 27th 2015
How The US Military Uses Contractors To Play The Bad Guys...
Business is about to pick up, however. According to the executives who lead the companies in this unique industry, the contract air services (CAS) trade is at a tipping point...
Virginia-based ATAC USA has been America's most active CAS provider, working on succession of contracts with the USN for over a decade. The company's fleet of 25 aircraft including Mach 2-capable IAI Kfir F-21s and subsonic Mk.58 Hawker Hunters... Flown by a mix of retired Navy and Air Force pilots with extensive experience...
Draken International is a relative newcomer to CAS but like ATAC USA deploys aircraft flown by experienced ex-military pilots... the largest fleet of privately owned tactical aircraft in the world with nearly 70 jets including 11 Skyhawks, 21 nearly-new Aero Vodochody L-159Es, nine Aermacchi-MB-339CBs and 27 MiG-21s...
Illinois-based Air USA has been a leader in the provision of aircraft and pilots for JTAC training to the Marine Corps and the USAF Special Operations Command since 2010. Initially, the company supported training with Alpha Jets then transitioned to the T59 Hawk...
Patriot Technologies Group (now out of the CAS business)...
Virginia-based Omega Air Refueling Services has a CAS contract with the USN and USMC, employing their three aerial tankers – two Boeing KC-707s and one KDC-10...
and other players in the industry including Canada-based Discovery Air Defense Services (which executes CAS with the Canadian armed forces) and Las Vegas-based Blue Air Training...
http://www.autoblog.com/2015/11/27/big- ... s-feature/
JANET, America’s Most Secret Airline, Is Hiring
Dec 01 2015
Janet airline is the name of a small fleet of passenger aircraft that serve the famous Area 51, the U.S. Air Force top-secret base in the Nevada desert, along with some key military airbases used for research and development, including the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale CA and Tonopah Test Range, Nevada.
JANET, that unofficially stands for “Just Another Non Existent Terminal”, is a shuttle service operated by AECOM, a private defense contractor, from a terminal at Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport, with a small fleet of Boeing 737-600 jets, sporting the peculiar overall white with red cheatline livery, along with two Beechcraft 1900s and three Beechcraft 200Cs painted white with less noticeable blue trim stripes.
http://theaviationist.com/2015/12/01/ja ... is-hiring/