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JBPHH turning trash into electricity

Posted on March 18, 2016March 18, 2016 by alert5

Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam (JBPHH) will get an experimental microgrid that turns trash into electricity using a $6.8 million grant from Air Force Research Laboratory.

By SSgt Nathan Allen [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Flight 19 as good as dead

Posted on March 18, 2016March 18, 2016 by alert5

Gen. John Hyten, commander of Air Force Space Command, told reporters that all attempts to reconnect to and gain control of Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Flight 19 had failed and the military weather satellite is “about dead.”

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Philippine FA-50PH pilots will get to dogfight against Hawker Hunters during Balikatan 2016

Posted on March 18, 2016 by alert5

This year’s Balikatan exercise will see Philippine Air Force FA-50PH pilots learning air combat maneuvers and air intercept techniques from U.S. military pilots.

Photo:KAI
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New set of photos for Exercise Cope Tiger 2016

Posted on March 18, 2016March 19, 2016 by alert5

A Republic of Singapore Air Force F-15 Eagle lands during Exercise Cope Tiger 16, on Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, March 11, 2016. Exercise Cope Tiger 16 includes over 1,200 personnel from three countries and continues the growth of strong, interoperable and beneficial relationships within the Asia-Pacific Region, while demonstrating U.S. capability to project forces strategically in a combined, joint environment. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech Sgt. Aaron Oelrich/Released)

IAI took a surface-to-surface rocket and convert it into an airborne missile

Posted on March 17, 2016March 17, 2016 by alert5

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has a family of artillery rockets and it has now converted one of them into a air-to-surface missile for carriage on a wide range of fighter aircraft.

Graphic: IAI
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