South Korea’s Defense Project Promotion Committee has approved two major projects to enhance the country’s military capabilities.
Category: Air Force
PLA’s conflicting views on the threat posed by USAF’s heavy aircraft
Derek Solen, a senior researcher at the U.S. Air Force’s China Aerospace Studies Institute, wrote this opinion piece on two recent articles by the Chinese military about the U.S. Air Force’s use of heavy planes, like bombers and cargo planes, for different missions than they were originally designed for. The first Chinese article questioned whether these efforts were useful or even possible. However, another article soon followed that argued that these efforts actually pose a threat.
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F-16s with 148th Fighter Wing are wired up with new AN/APG-83 AESA radars
Nine F-16Cs assigned to the 148th Fighter Wing’s 179th Fighter Squadron have swapped their old AN/APG-68 radar with the new AN/APG-83 AESA radar.
Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Wilson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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F-35 JPO confirms decision to ground a number of F-35s
The F-35 Joint Program Office has released a statement to Defense News confirming that it had issued guidance to ground a limited number of newer F-35s following a crash involving an F-35B on Dec. 15 in Fort Worth, Texas.
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115th FW’s first F-35 is coming together on the production line
Guardsmen from Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing toured Lockheed Martin’s Forth Worth facility recently to see the first F-35A scheduled to be delivered to the unit next year.
Colonel Bart Van Roo
Commander
115th Fighter Wing
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12_12_2022
AF Plant 4
F-35
JSF
Joint Strike Fighter
Charlotte Durham
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