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USAF testing winglets on a MC-130J

Posted on April 20, 2016April 19, 2016 by alert5

The 413th Flight Test Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base has been busy testing a modified MC-130J equipped with winglets.

A modified MC-130J awaits its next mission at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The aircraft has been fitted with vertical fins on each wing, called winglets. The 413th Flight Test Squadron aircrew and engineers tested the modified aircraft over eight flights. The goal of the tests was to collect data on possible fuel efficiency improvements and performance with the winglets and lift distribution control system installed. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Taiwan developing indigenous fighter engine

Posted on April 19, 2016April 19, 2016 by alert5

Chang Guan-chung, head of National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST), told legislators that his institute has started a research program to produce an indigenous fighter engine.

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Wind tunnel separation testing of the ASRAAM from the F-35

Posted on April 13, 2016 by alert5

A photo from Arnold Engineering Development Complex showing the separation testing of the AIM-132 ASRAAM missile from the weapons bay of a F-35 model in the facility’s 4-foot transonic aerodynamic wind tunnel back in 2008.

Photo: USAF

X-2 moves one step closer towards 1st flight

Posted on April 13, 2016April 12, 2016 by alert5

The Mitsubishi X-2 stealth demonstrator has progress to V_r stage whereby the aircraft accelerated to rotation speed and the pilot pulled the nose wheel off the ground. This occurred at Nagoya Airfield on Apr. 11.

First flight of X-2 in late April

Posted on April 12, 2016April 11, 2016 by alert5

The Nikkei reported on Apr. 7 that the first flight of the Mitsubishi X-2 stealth demonstrator is expected to be carried out in late April.

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