A-10 demonstrate its ability to operate from cracked, uneven disuse runway in Poland

With its big tires and high mounted engines, the A-10 is the only combat fighter in the U.S. Air Force that can operate out of an austere landing strip.

A 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft travels down a runway during an austere landing training exercise at Nowe Miasto, Poland, July 20, 2015. The rugged surface conditions of the runway allow pilots to closely simulate landing conditions in a deployed environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Luke Kitterman/Released)
A 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft travels down a runway during an austere landing training exercise at Nowe Miasto, Poland, July 20, 2015. The rugged surface conditions of the runway allow pilots to closely simulate landing conditions in a deployed environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Luke Kitterman/Released)

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Luke Kitterman


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USAF seeks industry feedback on how to find and characterize deeply buried targets

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Information Directorate is soliciting white papers from the industry on how to assess, locate, and characterize Hard and Deeply Buried Targets (HDBT).

B-52 releases the MOP during a weapons test.
By DoD photo (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dod_dtra/4327700817/) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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