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AI Flew X-62 VISTA During Simulated Dogfight Against Manned F-16

While safety pilots were onboard at all times, the AI agent successfully demonstrated it could safely conduct AI versus human within-visual-range engagements. The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
April 18, 2024
Doolittle Raid
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Check Out This Photo of Capt. Marc Mitscher Holding the Orders for the Doolittle Raid, 82 Years Ago Today

82 years ago today Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle led the audacious first U.S. airstrike on mainland Japan from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet in what became known as the…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
April 18, 2024
B-52 land civil airport
Military Aviation

B-52s Land At Civilian Airport To Test Their Ability To Operate From Unfamiliar Airfields

During exercise Bayou Vigilance, two B-52 Stratofortress bombers tested their capabilities by landing at Chennault International Airport in Lake Charles, Louisiana. During the Bayou Vigilance exercise on April 12, 2024,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 17, 2024
B-21 Raider
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USAF Confirms Plans For 100 B-21s While Already Looking To The Future

The service expects something better to be available to augment the Raider fleet by the time all 100 bombers are built.In a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
April 17, 2024
Iniochos 2024
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Iniochos 2024 In Full Swing In Greece

Here's everything you need to know about this year's edition of exercise Iniochos, underway at Andravida Air Base, Greece. Iniochos was held for the first time in the late '80s…

Edwin Schimmel Edwin Schimmel
April 17, 2024
Argentina F-16
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Argentina’s First F-16 Breaks Cover

Argentina Signed Deal to acquire 24 F-16s from Denmark. The F-16 will replace the obsolete A-4R Fightinghawk, with first deliveries expected later this year. Six months after the approval from…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
April 16, 2024
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