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Imagine seeing an F-15E Strike Eagle with no souls onboard take off with a large missile mounted on top of the fueslage, it’s a pretty cool sight to behold. In 2006, Boeing proposed an unmanned variant of the F-15E Strike Eagle, called the F-15 Global Strike Eagle (GSE), for air-launching missiles with the launch vehicle mounted dorsally.
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A and T Recovery, a U.S. company that specializes in recovering WW II aircraft, has proposed to recover four warbirds that were lost when aircraft carrier USS Lexington was sunk.
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U.S. Air Force F-16s assigned to the 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany are now in Japan to support the ongoing withdrawal of F-15Cs from Kadena air base, Japan.
South Korea’s indigenous KF-21 fighter achieved supersonic speed on Jan. 17 for the first time. Six months after it made its maiden flight.
The new long-range cruise missile that Japan is developing will be able to carry reconnaissance and electronic jamming payloads, besides explosive ones.
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