air force
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B-52 Lands Fine After Engine Falls Off In The Middle Of A Flight
A B-52 Stratofortress landed safely on Wednesday after an engine “dropped out” over an unpopulated area of North Dakota, Defence News reports. Holy crap.
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Watch The F-16’s Autopilot Mode Save An Unconscious Pilot’s Life
The US Air Force has declassified a harrowing video showing the heads-up display of student pilot who passed out during a tight manoeuvre. Mercifully, his F-16 was equipped with a ground collision avoidance system, saving him from certain death.
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The Air Force Just Cleared The F-35 Fighter Jet For Combat
After a stunning 15 years of development and countless delays, the US Air Force just declared the first squadron of F-35A fighter jets ready for combat. The 34th Fighter Squadron at Utah’s Hill Air Force Base can now go fight bad guys anywhere in the world.
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The F-35 Has Big Radar Problems, The Fix Is Hilarious
Now, more than $US1 trillion into its development, the F-35 aircraft is experiencing glitches with its radar systems. US Air Force major general Jeffrey Harrigian explained the problem in an IHS Jane report: “What would happen is they’d get a signal that says either a radar degrade or a radar fail — something that would…