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Greg Hadley • Air & Space Forces Magazine

Air Force Designates New Northrop CCA as YFQ-48A

The Air Force has given Northrop Grumman's new Project Talon aircraft the official designation of YFQ-48A

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Howard Altman • The WarZone

Confessions Of An SR-71 Blackbird Pilot

What it was like to sit at the controls of the Skunk Works' legendary Blackbird while hurtling over hostile territory at Mach 3.3....

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Laura Heckmann • National Defense Magazine

Air Force Exploring Creative Ways to Produce More Pilots

The Air Force has been battling a chronic pilot shortage for the better part of a decade, and its leaders have said it will take at least that long...

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Stefano D'Urso • The Aviationist

GA-ASI and Saab Test AEW Payload on MQ-9B

According to GA-ASI, the flight test demonstrated “simultaneous tracking of several airborne and maritime targets at long ranges”...

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Kris Osborn • Warrior Maven

"Super F-22' Propels Rator to Fly With F-47 Into 2060s

Despite new fighters, the F-22's advanced upgrades will keep it dominant in air combat through the 2060s, countering evolving threats....

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Logan Nye • We Are the Mighty

How Fighter Jets Can (and Will) ‘Headbutt’ Enemy Planes

When you need to intercept a plane without shooting it down......

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Kris Osborn • Warrior Maven

Air Force Breaks New Gorund in 'Stealth' With B-21

Unseen technologies power the B-21's stealth, computing, and sensing, promising a revolution in high-altitude bomber capabilities and survivability...

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Dylan Malyasov • Defence Blog

U.S. Air Force F-16 To Get Hypersonic Missile

Castelion received a contract modification from the Air Force Research Laboratory to begin integrating its Blackbeard hypersonic missile onto the...

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Greg Hadley • Air & Space Forces Magazine

Air Force Launches ARRW, Its First Hypersonic Weapon, into Production

The Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $694 million contract to produce its first-ever hypersonic missile...

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Rojoef Manuel • The Defense Post

Pentagon Opens New Sprint to Field Air Defense Drone Boats

The Pentagon has launched the second phase of a competition to field USVs capable of detecting, identifying, and neutralizing airborne threats....

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Kris Osborn • Warrior Maven

Hypersonic -Firing B-1B Lancer To Fly Into the 2040s

This legendary bomber gets a lethal upgrade, integrating hypersonic weapons for extended reach and enhanced mission capabilities well into the 2040s...

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