French Air Force recreates wing structureMilitary aircraftDefense spendingThe French Air Force is expected to stick to 11 wings, although the creation of a special forces wing remains a possibility in the mid-term future.Lert, FrédéricJane's Defence Weekly...
Royal Air Force, youngest of the three British armed services, charged with the air defense of the United Kingdom and the fulfillment of international defense commitments. During World War II, pilots of the RAF distinguished themselves in the Battle of B
MiG-29SMT design and features The reinforced structure of the MiG-29SMT Fulcrum multi-role fighter aircraft results in increased flight endurance and a longer range. The aircraft has two fixed, rearward-swept wings with square-cut wing tips. Two vertical stabilisers are fitted at the rear. A...
High Mach Turbine Engines (HMTE): HMTE are optimal for supersonic applications and allow the Air Force to unlock additional trade space in terms of speed, range and payload size and type. HMTE is applied to standoff missiles in the near term, and as part of the integrated solution for reu...
Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) Primary warfighting force for larger operations 46,000 - 90,000 Marines Currently three active MEFs (CA, NC, Japan) Composition: Marine Division; Marine Aircraft Wing; Marine Logistics Group Commanded by a Lieutenant General ...
Royal Air Force StructureThe RAF is a team of regular and reserve personnel. In addition, it is a collaboration of various professions such as pilots, aviation engineers, RAF police, air traffic controllers, and nurses. There are three rank structures in the RAF, namely: (1) the Commissioned...
The cuts led to a reorganization of the air force that saw the disbandment of functional commands in favour of an operational headquarters at Winnipeg, Manitoba, as well as the imposition of a numbered “Wing” structure to emphasize Air Command’s authority at air-heavy bases throughout the ...
Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base SAN DIEGO. BAE Systems has been awarded a $48 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to further advance the Insight system...
Three Hsiung Feng II missiles can be carried – one under the central fuselage and one under each wing. Fuselage The airframe design was developed under the YingYan or Soaring Eagle programme. The aircraft is of shoulder-wing monoplane (single-wing) design, incorporating composite structure material...
Until the wing tip sections 21 and 22 fully inflate into reflexive aerofoil forms there is little to resist the inwards force applied to the tips 7 and 8 by the spanwise component of flying line 9 and 10 tension and by occasional changes in apparent wind that tend to force the tips 7 ...