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F-15 WSOs, F-16 pilots and AWACS battle manager gave their feedback on military utility of direct energy weapons

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A wargaming, modeling and simulation event was held at Kirtland Air Force Base recently by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate.


U.S. Air Force photo/Todd Berenger
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Boeing cleared to offer F-15EX to India

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An executive from Boeing told reporters that his company has been given the green light to offer the F-15EX to India.

F-15EX decals affixed to F-15QA4 jet in Building 67, Final Assembly_St. Louis, MO. Purpose of the photo is to show aircraft readiness to our USAF customer (F-15EX contract award). MSF20-0024 Series.

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USAF will attempt to operate F-16s, F-35s from airfield inside the jungle of Guam

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Next month’s Exercise Cope North 2021 will see the U.S. Air Force push its Agile Combat Employment to the next level by having fighters operate out of an airfield that is located in the jungle of Guam.

An aerial view of the Pacific Regional Training Center Oct. 4, 2012, at Northwest Field, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The training grounds are home to multiple Air Force squadrons and offers space operations, training classrooms and warehouse storage for vital equipment in support of contingency and humanitarian operations around the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

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The last F-22 to complete the Structural Repair Program

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All 247 F-22 fighters of the U.S. Air Force have completed the Structural Repair Program that increases the total flying hour serviceability on each aircraft by 8,000 hours.

Scott Kuszmaul, 574th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, marshals Maj. Philip “Stonewall” Johnson, 514th Flight Test Squadron F-22 test pilot, as he begins his taxi roll at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Nov. 24, 2020, prior to a functional check flight in the last F-22 Raptor to complete the F-22 Structural Repair Program. The 574th AMXS processed 247 F-22s through the program by performing structural modifications to increase total flying hour serviceability on each aircraft by 8,000 hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alex R. Lloyd)

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