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U.S. Navy Enginers Hoisted EA-18G Growler Fighter Jet For Testing Of Next Generation Jammer Pod

U.S. Navy Enginers Hoisted EA-18G Growler Fighter Jet For Testing Of Next Generation Jammer Pod

Two Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band pods, attached to an EA-18G Growler, undergo testing in the Air Combat Environmental Test and Evaluation Facility anechoic chamber at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. (U.S. Navy photo) The U.S. Navy’s Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) developmental pod recently completed a portion of developmental …

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Bolivian Air Force Zlín 242L Trainer Aircraft Crashes Killing Instructor & Student Pilot

Bolivian Air Force Zlín 242L Trainer Aircraft Crashes Killing Instructor & Student Pilot

A Bolivian Air Force Zlín 242L Trainer Aircraft Crashes Killing Instructor & Student Pilot. Aircraft Crashed under unknown circumstances during a training flight in the town of Chimoré, in the tropics of Cochabamba. “With reference to the accident that occurred today March 21, with the aircraft ZLIN Z242L with registration …

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Why The Faster Soviet SA-2 Surface-to-air Missile Was Never Able To Shootdown SR-71 Blackbird

Why The Faster Soviet SA-2 Surface-to-air Missile Was Never Able To Shootdown SR-71 Blackbird

The Lockheed SR-71 “Blackbird” is a long-range, high-altitude, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft that was operated by the United States Air Force. It was developed as a black project from the Lockheed A-12 reconnaissance aircraft in the 1960s by Lockheed and its Skunk Works division. American aerospace engineer Clarence “Kelly” …

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Indian Defence Acquisition Council Clears Acquisition Of 83 Tejas Aircrafts For Rs. 38,000 Crore

Indian Defence Acquisition Council Clears Acquisition Of 83 Tejas Aircrafts For Rs. 38,000 Crore

The Defence Acquisition Council on Wednesday cleared procurement of 83 advanced version of Tejas aircraft, sources said. The defence ministry has given the go-ahead for a Rs. 38,000 cr acquisition of next-generation Light Combat Aircraft that have been developed indigenously, with the production likely to see private sector manufacturing components …

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