A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle from the 173rd Fighter Wing parks next to an F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 162nd Wing, Arizona Air National Guard, following a training mission Aug. 13, 2014, at Kingsley Field, Klamath Falls, Ore. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Jennifer Shirar/Released) The …
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F-22 Raptors are parked under overhangs on Sept. 16, 2015, at the Tyndall Air Force Base (Fla.) flight line. (U.S. Air Force illustration by Airman 1st Class Sergio A. Gamboa) Both the House and Senate Armed Services Committees are trying to block U.S. Air Force plans to retire F-22 Raptor …
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Maverick and Hondo perform pre-flight checks on the Darkstar mockup. (Photo: Lockheed Martin) Skunk Works division of Lockheed Martin shares details about the creation of the Darkstar hypersonic aircraft featured in the film. The involvement of Skunk Works in the project had already been confirmed by the CEO of Lockheed Martin, James …
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The special outfitted Embraer Phenom 300E camera ship used to film Top Gun: Maverick – Credits: Embraer Top Gun: Maverick is loaded with IMAX-worthy high-speed footage of fighter jets dogfighting, dodging missiles, chasing through canyons, and zooming over snow-capped mountaintops. The movie’s action-packed aerial cinematography was filmed by a Melbourne-manufactured …
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E-3009Y F-104A (Serial # 55-2961) on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards AFB. July 9, 1957 NASA Photo & F-104 Project Description – NASA Identifier: 306433main_E-3009 On Aug. 1, 1966, the USAF F-104 Starfighter fleet saw some of its worst losses in the Vietnam War, with a pair of 435th Fighter …
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Soldiers from Company E, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade perform pre-flight checks on the MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aerial system before the Mass Fire Mission on Fort Stewart on March 1. (Photo by Sgt. William Begley, 3rd CAB Public Affairs) According to an exclusive Reuters report, the Biden administration plans to sell …
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Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown told reporters during an April 12 roundtable that the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation fighter jet will feature a brand-new capability no existing fighter has: the ability to quickly change the onboard software that drives the plane’s hardware. That means Next-Generation Air Dominance’s …
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The Air Force has planned for every mission, but those planes aren’t always doing missions for the Air Force. The annual report from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) lists rates for “other DoD component users,” which are aircraft handled within the Defense Department, and “all other …
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On Sept. 24, 2021, The Pentagon announced that Rolls Royce has awarded a contract to supply 608 new F130 turbofans engines for the B-52H Stratofortress bomber fleet. Rolls Royce gets an estimated $500,870,458 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide new engines for the B-52H Stratofortress bomber fleet, with a potential total of …
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A B-2 Spirit deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., approaches the runway at RAF Fairford, U.K., June 9, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Miguel Lara III) A U.S. Air ForceF Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit bomber sustained minor damage during an emergency landing at Whiteman Air Force …
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