U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Pat Pearce, 355th Training Squadron A-10 Thunderbolt II student pilot, trains on a virtual reality simulator at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Oct. 14, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jacob T. Stephens) The U.S. Air Force’s A-10 Warthog pilots are now using …
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A B-52H Stratofortress aircraft assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, arrives May 4, 2021, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Erwin) The U.S. Air Force has confirmed that it deployed two more B-52H Stratofortress at Al …
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Three B-1B Lancers assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron fly in formation over Ørland Air Force Station, Norway, in support of a Bomber Task Force deployment, Feb. 22, 2021. The B-1 is a highly-versatile, supersonic, multi-mission weapon system that carries the largest payload of both guided and unguided weapons …
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The new Next Generation Air Dominance artwork. (Image credit: USAF) The U.S. Air Force has published its biennial report for acquisition last that features the concept art of NGAD program. The concept art for the Next Generation Air Dominance can be found on page 28. According to the U.S. Air …
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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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