US Army and Air Force team up for multi-domain operations
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Two U.S. Air Force F-35s were integrated with the U.S. Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS), providing an airborne sensor capability to successfully detect, track and intercept near simultaneous air-breathing threats in a test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The December 2019 test marked the first time F-35s were […]
Saab Starts Production of US Air Force T-7A Trainer Aircraft
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Saab started assembly production on January 10, 2020 of its section of the T-7A aircraft, the advanced trainer developed and produced together with Boeing for the United States Air Force. Saab is responsible for the development and production of the aft fuselage section for the advanced trainer, with seven aft units being produced in Linköping, […]
X-60A program conducts integrated vehicle propulsion system test
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WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio: The Air Force Research Laboratory’s X-60A program recently achieved a key developmental milestone with the completion of integrated vehicle propulsion system verification ground testing. The X-60A is an air-launched rocket designed for hypersonic flight research. It is being developed by Generation Orbit Launch Services under an AFRL Small Business Innovation […]
AFRL engineer leaves a legacy called HADES
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KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE: The Air Force Research Laboratory has developed a unique directed energy weapon demonstrator called the High-power Adaptive Directed Energy System, or HADES, that completed field testing in 2019. “HADES technology was designed with the warfighter in mind,” said the AFRL program manager Dan Marker. “The system works by combining a large […]
Lockheed Martin To Deliver 50 C-130Js to U.S. Government
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Multiyear III provides C-130J Super Hercules aircraft for U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard Lockheed Martin will deliver 50 C-130J Super Hercules to the U.S. government through a C-130J Multiyear III award, which was finalized by the U.S. government on Dec. 27, 2019. The award comes as a delivery order under an existing Indefinite […]
#USAF joint partners execute first WestPac Rumrunner exercise
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KADENA AIR BASE, Japan: More than 60 aircraft and 300 personnel from the Air Force, Navy, Army and Marine Corps participated in 18th Wing’s first WestPac Rumrunner exercise Jan. 10. With the evolving security environment in the Indo-Pacific and to further support a safe and secure region, the 18th Wing spent months designing WestPac Rumrunner […]
HH-60W Helicopter Enters Chamber for Defense Systems Testing
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EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE: The Air Force’s newest combat rescue helicopter was suspended in a soundproof chamber at the Joint Preflight Integration of Munitions and Electronic Systems facility in mid-November for defense system testing. The 413th Flight Test Squadron’s HH-60W spent approximately seven weeks testing the defensive systems upgrades from the legacy HH-60G currently flown […]
F-35A Lightning II standup complete at Hill AFB’s 388th, 419th Fighter Wings
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HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah: A little more than four years after receiving their first combat-coded F-35A Lightning II aircraft, Hill Air Force Base’s fighter wings have achieved full warfighting capability. The term describes a set of focus areas within the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings: fully trained pilots and maintainers, a full complement of […]
AEW brings Reaper airpower into new decade
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CREECH AIR FORCE BASE: In early 2009, a recently reactivated combat unit, now named the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing, achieved the mark of 500,000 hours of combat, for a relatively new form of airpower, known as remotely piloted aircraft. In roughly a decade, the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper, RPAs designed for enhanced loitering […]
Hill’s fighter wings conduct F-35A combat power exercise
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HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah: The active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th FW conducted a combat power exercise here Jan. 6, launching 52 F-35A Lightning IIs in rapid succession. The fighter wings are home to 78 aircraft. As the Air Force’s only combat-capable F-35A units, the wings must be prepared to launch any […]