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One B-52 from the 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, two B-52s from the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot AFB, and two B-2 from the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman AFB flew non-stop to North and Baltic Seas, around the North Pole and over Alaska, and over the Pacific Ocean to Alaska’s Aleutian Islands on Aug. 1.
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F-35As from the 34th Fighter Squadron had to turn on their transponders so that air defense units could track them during a recent exercise at Mountain Home Air Force Base.
By Todd Cromar [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has successfully employed 3-D printing technology to fabricate a flight critical aircraft component and flew it on board an aircraft.
PATUXENT RIVER NAVAL AIR STATION, Md. (July 28, 2016) An MV-22B Osprey equipped with a 3-D printed titanium link and fitting inside an engine nacelle maintains a hover during a July 29 demonstration at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md. The flight marked Naval Air System Command’s first successful flight demonstration of a flight critical aircraft component built using additive manufacturing techniques. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
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