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Watch Hypervelocity Gun Weapon System shot down cruise missile target

Posted on September 16, 2020September 16, 2020 by alert5

A BQM-167 target drone was shot down with a Hyper Velocity Projectile (HVP) fired from a M109 Paladin howitzer on Sept. 3 during the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) demonstration.

Watch F-16s protect KC-46A from enemy missiles with laser weapon pods

Posted on September 15, 2020 by alert5

T-7A is now the eT-7A

Posted on September 15, 2020 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force has announced a new weapons system designator, the “e” series, on Sept. 14.

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Future carrier air wings will have a squadron of 16 F-35Cs

Posted on September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 by alert5

The U.S. Navy has decided that in future, its carrier air wings will have a squadron of 16 F-35Cs instead of 10.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Anderson W. Branch / Public domain
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Sailors transitioning to CMV-22B are embedded with VMM-166 in Middle East

Posted on September 15, 2020 by alert5

A group of U.S. Navy aviators, aircrew, and maintainers selected to transition to the CMV-22B are now embedded with VMM-166 in the Middle East to pick up opearational experience.

U.S. Navy Sailors with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166 (Reinforced,) assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command 20.2, stand in front of a MV-22B Osprey in Kuwait, Aug. 5, 2020. Sailors, who will eventually transition to the Navy’s CMV-22B Osprey, are currently deployed to the Middle East with the California-based Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron. The SPMAGTF-CR-CC is a crisis response force, prepared to deploy a variety of capabilities across the region. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Cutler Brice)

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