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Loyal Wingman completes low speed taxi tests

Posted on October 22, 2020 by alert5

USAF seeks new Global Precision Attack Weapon

Posted on October 22, 2020 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force has started a search to find a supplier for its Global Precision Attack Weapon, a small, lightweight bomb that fits in the weapons bays of the B-21 and F-35.

U.S. Air Force photo by Jim Haseltine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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U.S. Marines are using Ospreys to deploy oceanographic sensors

Posted on October 22, 2020October 22, 2020 by alert5

This year’s Trident Warrior 20 exercise saw the U.S. Marine Corp deploy four oceanographic sensors from its MV-22Bs for the first time.

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, deploy an oceanographic sensor at the Pacific Ocean, Calif., Oct. 13, 2020. 3rd MAW builds capability, strength, trust, and resiliency in our Marine-Air-Ground-Task Force by providing the aviation command element for I Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Juan Anaya)

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JASDF F-15J had engine trouble during scramble

Posted on October 22, 2020 by alert5

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) F-15J had engine trouble during take-off for a scamble on Oct. 20.

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USAF to retrain WSOs as B-21 pilots

Posted on October 21, 2020 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force is planning to retrain some of its weapons systems officers (WSO) from the bomber track as pilots for B-21 stealth bomber.

Capt. Kent Johnson, 23rd Bomb Squadron weapons system officer, analyses a multi-function color display inside a B-52H Stratofortress above North Dakota, Jan. 31, 2017. Johnson along with another weapons system officer, sit in the offense compartment of the aircraft, controlling the B-52’s weapons capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman J.T. Armstrong)

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