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USAF still figuring out whether 65th AGRS will paint their F-35As in new scheme

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The U.S. Air Force is in touch with F-35 manufacturer Lockheed Martin to figure out a possible way to paint an aggressor paint scheme on the 65th Aggressor Squadron’s jets without compromising its stealth coating.

F-35 Lighting II fighter jets, assigned to the 6th Weapons Squadron, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., fly over the Nevada Test and Training Range July 10, 2017. The United States Air Force Weapons School teaches graduate-level instructor courses that provide the world’s most advanced training in weapons and tactics employment to officers of the combat air forces and mobility air forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Daryn Murphy/Released)

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USAF learning how to ‘grow’ runways

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In a future near-peer conflict, the U.S. Air Force might have to disperse its aircraft to austere locations to escape enemy attacks. However, the challenge will be to create runways rapidly at these locations. One solution proposed by a team called “Project Medusa” is to use biomanufacturing to build runways.


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