A USAF 437th Airlift Wing Boeing C-17A Globemaster III, performing flight RCH351 (callsign “Reach 351”), experienced a fire in the main lefthand wheel bay, probably due to overheated brakes, after landing at Joint Base Charleston (CHS/KCHS), North Charleston, South Carolina. On 9 April 2021, a C-17A mishap occured at Joint …
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Sandia National Laboratories, in cooperation with the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the U.S. Air Force, completed a round of flight tests as part of the integration of the new B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb onto the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter. The press release from Sandia said that the supersonic test …
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The United States Air Force ‘s newest fighter. EAGLE II the F-15EX – Credits: Eglin Air Force Base U.S. Air Force’s latest fighter aircraft, the Boeing F-15EX, has officially been named Eagle II, in a ceremony that took place today at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. The first F-15EX …
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A Ghost Robotics Vision 60 prototype provides additional security at a simulated austere base during the Advanced Battle Management System exercise on Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Sept. 1, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cory D. Payne) U.S. Air Force recently used dog-like robots to protect its …
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This U.S. Air Force training drone is surrounded by police tape after washing ashore on the beach at Ocean Ridge Hammock Park – Credits: Miranda Christian/ Twitter U.S. Air Force 20-foot-long High-Performance BQM-167A target drone washes up on Ocean Ridge Hammock Park, south of West Palm Beach. The drone was …
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A Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, assigned to the 325th Fighter Wing, experienced the collapse of the nose gear during a landing attempt at Eglin Air Force Base (VPS/KVPS), Florida. The mishap occurred at around 3:30 PM local time, according to a press release from the 96th Test Wing, the main …
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Photo by Senior Airman John Wright on Mar. 8, 2021, U.S. Air Force B-1 Lancer Bomber Lands On Snowy Runway In The Arctic Circle For the First Time. On Friday, a U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer swing-wing bomber from the 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas landed in …
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For the first time ever a B-1 landed in the Arctic circle – Credits: U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa A B-1B Lancer bomber of the U.S. Air Force landed for the first time at Bodø Main Air Station in northern Norway, marking the bomber’s first landing …
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Credits: Flightradar24 The U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps are on heightened alert and increase patrols over Iraq to respond to a potential Iranian attack at U.S. troops in the Middle East region. Pentagon officials are concerned about movements of Iranian-backed militias amid heightened tensions on the eve of …
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Credits: Paramount Pictures (Screenshot from Top Gun: Maverick new trailer) In 2013, Lockheed Martin announced the development of the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane. The SR-72 is the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane, which was the fastest plane to ever exist. As we have reported earlier, U.S. Air …
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