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The Air Force Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) program office recently funded a Phase II follow-on contract to develop wide field-of-view (WFOV) imaging seekers to guide future munitions.
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Photo: AFRL
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Turkish Defense Minister İsmet Yılmaz said the recent spate of F-4 accidents are likely due to pilot error.
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Two F-16s from the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing were vectored to help locate a 25-foot pleasure boat with two stranded boaters aboard on Mar. 8.
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The U.S. Air Force wants a smaller airframe to host the next generation JSTARS battle management, command and control (BMC2) system.
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A U.S. Air Force RQ-4B carrying the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) payload has clocked 10,000 flying hours.
U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Marie Brown
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