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Blue Impulse cockpit 360 video during opening day of Tokyo Olympics

Posted on August 8, 2021 by alert5

USAF RQ-4 Block 40 crashes

Posted on August 8, 2021August 8, 2021 by alert5

A U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Block 40 Global Hawk crashed at approximately 7:00 a.m. Central Standard Time on Aug. 6 while returning to land at Grand Forks Air Force Base.

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USAF in “very preliminary” discussions on successor for AGM-158

Posted on August 8, 2021August 7, 2021 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force is in “very preliminary” discussions on fielding a successor for the AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM).

U.S. Air Force Major Jacob Rohrbach, a pilot assigned to the 40th Flight Test Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, releases the first Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Extended Range, or JASSM-ER, from an F-16 over the Gulf of Mexico on September 19th, 2018. The test gathered data on safe separation and software integration of the JASSM-ER, and demonstrated the Eglin test range’s ability to monitor and control test items in flight over the Gulf of Mexico.
Photo by Master Sgt. Michael Jackson

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Second KC-46 ICR approved

Posted on August 7, 2021August 7, 2021 by alert5

On Aug. 5, 2021, U.S. Air Mobility Command commander Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost approved a second Interim Capability Release (ICR) mission for the KC-46A Pegasus.

Photo: U.S. Air Force
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360 Invictus to get open tail rotor

Posted on August 7, 2021August 7, 2021 by alert5

Bell has decided to switch from a ducted tail rotor design to an open tail rotor for its 360 Invictus helicopter that is competing in the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft competition.

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