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The 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron along with 13 F-15s have started their Icelandic Air Surveillance mission last week.
U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alex Fox Echols III
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The video of a Indian Navy MiG-29K racing against a Lamborghini Huracán sports car at INS Hansa was recently uploaded online.
France intends to replace the MICA air-to-air missile with a new MICA NG missile for its Rafale fighter. This was announced by Minister of the Armed Force, Florence Parly, last month.
By David Monniaux [GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0 or CC BY-SA 2.0 fr], from Wikimedia Commons
DARPA’s Stand-off Ubiquitous Power/Energy Replenishment – Power Beaming Demo (SUPER PBD) program intends to demonstrate the feasibility of keeping an aircraft airborne for indefinite periods by charging the onboard batteries using a laser power source. To test the hypothesis, the research agency has selected the Silent Falcon UAS for the demonstration.
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