Day: May 20, 2021

NASA’s Airborne Location Integrating Geospatial Navigation System

Posted on May 20, 2021May 20, 2021 by alert5

NASA needs to measure the shockwaves produced by the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology airplane once it goes supersonic. To achieve that, it developed the Airborne Location Integrating Geospatial Navigation System (ALIGNS).

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Atlantic Trident 21

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A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II, two Dassault Rafales and a Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon break formation May 19, 2021, over France. The flight was apart of the Atlantic Trident 21 exercise which is a joint, multinational exercise involving service members from the U.S., France and the U.K., and is aimed at enhancing fourth and fifth generation integration, combat readiness and fighting capabilities, through conducting complex air operations in a contested multinational joint force environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander Cook)

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#TransportThursday

Posted on May 20, 2021 by alert5

Members of 321st Contingency Response Squadron drive forklifts down the flightline at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Mich., to help incoming aircraft unload cargo May 16, 2021. Members of the 321st CRS and arriving aircraft are participating in Exercise Mobility Guardian 2021, consisting of 13 days of intense operations with complex threats to ready Air Mobility Command forces for any mission in contested, degraded and operationally-limited environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kentavist P. Brackin)

Belarusian Yak-130 crashes, two killed

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A Belarusian Yak-130 crashed May 19 and both pilots on board ejected but were killed in the accident.

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Top Aces’ FAA-certified F-16 has flown

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Top Aces’ newly-acquired second-hand F-16 has earned FAA certification and completed its first flight.

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