5 Fast Facts On The US Navy's Airborne Command & Control Squadrons
The carrier air wing embarked on US Navy aircraft carriers uses a highly specialized surveillance plane to dominate ...
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35 Years Later, Retired AC-130H Spectre Crews Recount the Action from 1989’s ‘Operation Just Cause’ in Panama
As per a report by the Joint History Office under the Chairman ... radar or AWACS (Airborne Early Warning and Control System) aircraft. AC-130s were also required to assault Noriega’s hideout.
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China Stuns With Heavy Stealth Tactical Jet’s Sudden Appearance (Updated)
At the same time, a tailless configuration can adversely affect overall maneuverability, even with the most advanced computerized flight control systems ... and airborne early warning and control ...
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China’s big new combat aircraft: an airborne cruiser against air and surface targets
The US considered developing a supersonic strike aircraft in the early 2000s. But with 9/11 and the cost of the F-35 program ... systems and a network of capabilities. The appearance over the holiday ...
New Orleans truck attack suspect inspired by Islamic State terrorist group
At least 15 people are dead and dozens injured in New Orleans after a driver plowed a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year's ...
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These are the missile cruisers the US Navy spent $1.84 billion to upgrade just to throw them away
program. Billions of dollars in waste A US Navy fire control technician conducts maintenance on a Close-in Weapons System on board USS Gettysburg.US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd ...
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The E.P.A. Promotes Toxic Fertilizer. 3M Told It of Risks Years Ago.
“These are highly complex mixtures of chemicals,” said David Lewis, a former E.P.A. microbiologist who in the late 1990s issued early warnings of the risks in spreading sludge on farmlan ...
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Boxing clever? China's next-gen tailless combat aircraft analysed
The J-20 does well at the first two, and does better at the third than other fighters, but it was designed to go after air targets – principally high-value air assets like airborne early warning and ...