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The F-35 now has multi-ship Infrared Search and Track capability

Posted on January 7, 2020 by alert5

In a press release by Edwards Air Force Base, which covers the achievements made by the F-35 Integrated Test Force in 2019, it was disclosed that the test team had tested the multi-ship Infrared Search and Track capability.

JOTT, F-35 Five Ship behind tanker, 1 F-35C, 2 F-35B, & 2 F-35A, Edwards AFB, Ca., 20 September 2019

Photo: Darin Russell, Lockheed Martin

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Hill AFB conducted combat power exercise

Posted on January 7, 2020 by alert5

About 50 F-35As.

The active duty 388th and Reserve 419th Fighter Wings conducted an F-35A Combat Power Exercise at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Jan. 6, 2020. The exercise, which was planned for months, demonstrated their ability to employ a large force of F-35As — testing readiness in the areas of personnel accountability, aircraft generation, ground operations, flight operations, and combat capability against air and ground targets. A little more than four years after receiving their first combat-coded F35A Lightning II aircraft, Hill’s fighter wings have achieved full warfighting capability. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

U.S. Commerce Department restricts export of AI software for analyzing satellite imagery

Posted on January 6, 2020 by alert5

The U.S. government has placed restrictions on software companies on the export of artificial intelligence software used for analyzing satellite imagery.

NASA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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SOCOM’s secretive surveillance platform destroyed by terrorists in Kenya

Posted on January 6, 2020January 6, 2020 by alert5

A secretive spy plane that belongs to the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) was destroyed by terrorists during an attack on a military base in Kenya on Jan. 5.