Tag: US Air Force
C-17 to serve as magnetic navigation research testbed
A team of US Air Force scientists have settled on the C-17 Globemaster III as the most suitable platform to support research...
Experimental US Air Force program could provide alternative to cluster munitions
DEM will allow pilots to program a bomb for different missions prior to release and could possibly provide an alternative to cluster munitions.
USAF contracts Red 6 to integrate AR into Talon trainers, 4th-gen...
US Air Force T-38 Talon supersonic jet trainers will be getting an augmented reality enhancement under a $70 million contract with Red 6.
US Air Force downselects two for Skyborg AI-enabled attritable UAV program
The US Air Force has decided on the final two contractors that will proceed to the next stage of the Skyborg Vanguard...
US evacuates 800 people from Kabul in single C-17 cargo jet...
Ok how many people do you think are on your jet… 800 people on your jet? Holy f-, holy cow… ok.
US tests Minuteman III ICBM three months after aborted launch
The August 11 test follows a less successful one from May this year, when the air force was forced to abort the Minuteman III missile launch.
F-15C Eagle destroys target in first-ever AMRAAM shot cued by IRST
A US Air Force F-15C Eagle used its Legion Pod to shoot down a QF-16 aerial target in the first-ever live fire...
US, Israeli air forces test new airfield repair mats in a...
F-35 jets used for the first time the matting and anchoring technologies used as part of the Air Force’s Rapid Airfield Damage Recovery (RADR) concept.
US Air Force approves second mission set for its KC-46 tankers
After the US Air Force cleared its new KC-46A Pegasus tanker to start limited refueling operations with the centerline drogue system mission...
US Air Force RQ-4 Block 40 Global Hawk crashes in North...
The R-Q4 Global Hawk was from Grand Forks Air Force Base and was returning to base at the time of the accident on August 6.
