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ANG conducts air refueling training with NATO allies in Germany

Air National Guard photograph by SSgt. Annie Edwards A NATO E-3A AWACS aircraft approaches a Utah Air National Guard KC-135R Stratotanker for air refueling during a training flight over Germany on Jan. 13, 2015. Nearly 30 airmen from the Utah Air National Guard’s 151st Air Refueling Wing recently spent two weeks at Geilenkirchen Air Base,…

Air Force photograph by SrA. Armando A. Schwier-Morales Defense

Ramstein Airmen train with French air force

Airmen from the 37th Airlift Squadron participated in Volfa 15-1, an annual, multilateral training event led by the French air force at Orleans - Bricy Air Base, France, Jan. 21.

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Boeing Maritime Surveillance Aircraft ready for demonstration flights

Boeing photograph The Boeing Maritime Surveillance Aircraft program is ready for customer demonstration flights, having completed the baseline ground and flight testing of the aircraft mission systems. The Boeing Maritime Surveillance Aircraft program is ready for customer demonstration flights, having completed the baseline ground and flight testing of the aircraft mission systems. Flights for prospective…

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F135 test demonstrates success of AEDC workshare initiative

"The workshare initiative is an example of how Arnold Engineering Development Complex consistently improves the test experience," said Dan Blaettler, program manager of U.S. Air Force Engine Component Improvement.

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40 years of Red Flag at Nellis

U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald A flight of F-15 Eagles and F-16 Fighting Falcons Aggressors fly in formation over the Nevada Test and Training Ranges June 5, 2008. The proposal for Red Flag came in early 1975 as an exercise that would pit student “Blue Forces” against dedicated aggressor piloted…

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C-130T digital cockpit modifications complete

Posted  September 9, 2013

Navy photograph The Navy accepted the final C-130T Hercules aircraft updated with digital cockpit modifications from BAE Systems this August. This final delivery culminates the overhaul of 19 C-130T aircraft, which transitioned from obsolete analog gauges into the digital age. Each aircraft is now equipped with a Garmin GNS 480 GPS, an Electronic Flight Bag,…

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Hot pits keep F-35s flying

Posted  September 9, 2013

Air Force photograph by Samuel King Jr.   Maintainers from the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, attach the fuel hose to an F-35A Lightning II during a hot pit session on the 33rd Fighter Wing flightline at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Airmen, Marines and sailors are refueling their F-35 variants for multiple sorties via 96th…

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Bell Helicopter, Lockheed Martin team on V-280 Valor

Posted  September 9, 2013

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, and Lockheed Martin will work as a team on the Bell V-280 Valorô, making Lockheed Martin the first of Bell Helicopterís V-280 program tier one team members. Additional team members will be announced in the coming months. “We are very excited about teaming with Lockheed Martin on the V-280,î…

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DUNMORE Aerospace Materials protect LADEE robotic lunar explorer

Posted  September 9, 2013

DUNMORE Corporation is protecting four science payload instrument packages carried aboard the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer space mission and the spacecraft itself. DUNMORE’s multi-layered insulation materials defend electronics and other mission-critical technology from extreme temperatures between minus 195 degrees Fahrenheit to more than 300 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 125 degrees to plus 150 degrees…

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‘HEaDS-UP’ at Natick for better helmets

Posted  September 9, 2013

In their quest for better helmet technologies to keep soldiers and Marines safe on the battlefield, researchers at Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center here are making a “HEaDS-UP” play. Helmet Electronics and Display System-Upgradeable Protection, or HEaDS-UP, has been a four-year effort at Natick to provide mounted and dismounted troops with a more…

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Lockheed Martin completes first LRASM air-launch flight test

Posted  September 9, 2013

Lockheed Martin recently completed a successful first flight test of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile in support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Office of Naval Research program. In the test over the Sea Range at Point Mugu, Calif., a U.S. Air Force B-1B from the 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron at…

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AFSA conference encourages, informs Airmen

Posted  September 9, 2013

The strength and impact of the NCO corps was the theme of the night as Acting Secretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning was keynote speaker during the Air Force Sergeants Association Convention and Professional Airmen's Conference banquet Aug. 28 in San Antonio, Texas.

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U.S. Army awards AeroVironment $36.7 million in new orders for switchblade tactical missile systems

Posted  September 9, 2013

MONROVIA, Calif., Sept. 9, 2013 ñ AeroVironment, Inc. announced Sept. 9 it has received orders valued at $36,746,304 under a contract for Switchbladeô tactical missile systems, ancillary equipment and support. The United States Army Close Combat Weapons Systems Program Executive Office Missiles and Space awarded these contract modifications. †AeroVironment and its strategic teammate for advanced…

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Northrop Grumman to develop cyber visualisation tools as part of U.K. research program

Posted  September 9, 2013

Northrop Grumman) has been retained by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory to carry out a further phase of development of the N.Guru Cyber Situational Awareness System, the software application for the visualisation of cyber events for decision makers. The research project awarded by Dstl will be carried out by Northrop Grumman in partnership with…

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Orbital’s Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft successfully mated with Antares rocket

Posted  September 9, 2013

  Orbital Sciences Corporation, one of the world’s leading space technology companies, successfully mated its Cygnus™ cargo logistics spacecraft to its Antares™ rocket Sept. 6 in preparation for its Sept. 17 launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, located at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia. This upcoming demonstration flight is the final milestone in…

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Rocky Mountain National Park Viewed From the International Space Station

 
Marking the 100th anniversary of the Rocky Mountain National Park on Jan. 26, 2015, Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Terry Virts posted this photograph, taken from the International Space Station, to Twitter. Virts wrote, "Majestic peaks and trails! Happy 100th anniversary @RockyNPS So much beauty to behold in our @NatlParkService." Image Credit: NASA/Terry Virts
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