The 419th Flight Test Squadron carrying an inert AGM-158 JASSM during the recent demonstration flight. – Credits: USAF The U.S. Air Force has released images of a B-1 bomber carrying an inert AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile cruise missile on a pylon under its fuselage for the first time. This …
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A Skyborg conceptual design for a low cost attritable Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle. (Air Force Research Laboratory artwork) On Sept. 28, the U.S. Air Force has added nine vendors to the list of companies that will compete to build the service’s autonomous Skyborg drone wingman. The service awarded each firm …
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A screenshot from the video showing the mishap in Kandahar. (Image credit: Youtube video posted by Country Living with MD). On Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020, A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft experienced a nose gear malfunction that forced the aircrew to perform a nose gear up landing at …
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A U.S. B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Xavier Navarro) A U.S. Air Force B-52H strategic bombers, capable of carrying nuclear weapons, entered Ukrainian airspace within the framework of security cooperation. U.S. B-52H Stratofortress …
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The 73rd Anniversary Graphic. (Courtesy Graphic by Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs) On U.S. Air Force 73rd Birthday the Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs has published on the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service an interesting graphic that features prominently, in the center and in the background, …
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Concept art released by the Air Force Research Lab in 2018 shows a potential next-generation fighter concept or F-X. (Air Force Research Laboratory) on Sept. 14, Dr. Will Roper, the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics announced that the U.S. Air Force has secretly designed, …
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An MQ-9 Reaper takes off at Hurlburt Field, Fla., .(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. John Bainter) A MQ-9 Reaper UAV was damaged during take-off attempt at Holloman AFB when it left the runway. A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper assigned to the 49th Wing sustained damage when it left the …
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A composite image that includes screenshots of the B-52, P-3C, and Sentinel R1 intercepted by the Russian Su-27s on Jun. 15, 2020. (Image credit: Russian MOD). According to HQ Allied Air Command, Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jets are suspected to has violated Danish airspace. August 28, a B52 bomber of the United States …
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The Pentagon has released troubling vide of a so-called ‘unsafe intercept’ between one of its aircraft and Russian fighters. The incident occurred on August 28th, 2020, when the U.S. Air Force sent six B-52s, four of which are forward deployed to RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom, to traverse every …
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Project Mayhem is U.S. Air Force’s latest hypersonic development program looks to be aimed at acquiring expendable testbeds for new advanced jet engines, including turbine-based combined cycle designs for developing viable hypersonic aircraft, such as Lockheed Martin’s in-development SR-72. The Expendable Hypersonic Multi-Mission Air-Breathing Demonstrator programme, referred to also as …
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