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Senators Duckworth, Sullivan, and Coons arriving in Taiwan using C-17 today

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U.S> Senator Tammy Duckworth and Senator Dan Sullivan of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Senator Christopher Coons of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are expected to arrive in Taiwan from South Korea today and they are traveling on board a U.S. Air Force C-17.

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U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sean M. Worrell, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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B-1 pilots explore using AR for aerial refueling training

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The B-1 bomber community is exploring the feasibility of using Airborne Tactical Augmented Reality System (ATARS) developed by Red 6 to train rookie B-1 pilots on aerial refueling.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Scott Thorup, Air Combat Command Training Support Squadron Detachment 14 commander, prepares for takeoff as Rina Shkrabova, Red 6 director of hardware design, connects the augmented reality headset to the Berkut in Santa Monica, Calif., April 13, 2021. The visor tracks the motions of the pilots’ heads and the position of the airframe to determine how the virtual assets are viewed and its location compared to the piloted aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mercedes Porter)

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