US Air Force planes could be armed with Star Wars type laser guns by the end of this decade, and maybe shields that protect aircraft from incoming missiles and bullets, says the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), which is scheduled to demonstrate the technology by 2020. Larger ...
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“When I first moved here, they used to fly every three hours, just five or six planes at once, but recently, the past two or three months, they’ve been flying quite a few every few hours, so it’s got more over the months.” She adds, “With the planes it does get loud ...
US Air Force Claims Russian Jets Flew Dangerously Close to US Planes Over Syria CC BY 2.0/Expert Infantry/Best of the U.S. Air Force - Department of Defense Image Collection - September 1998 US-led Coalition's Actions in Syria Require More Coordination With Russia...
The US Air Force is bringing their arsenal into the future by employing combat lasers on its war planes. The service plans to have aircraft equipped with the High Energy Liquid Area Defense System (HELLADS) by 2020. These armaments, called “directed-energy weapons pods,” will be capable of...
Greenland's national airline Greenland Airlines was established in 1960. The company changed its name to Air Greenland in 2002 and has undergone rapid development over the course of 60 years. From seaplanes to jets, from helicopter service to scheduled flights with fixed-wing aircraft. Then as...
‘Skyborg’: U.S. Air Force seeks fleet of autonomous planes The U.S. Air Force is getting serious about working with autonomous aircraft and aims to acquire an entire fleet of drones to act as robotic wingmen under its “Skyborg” program,National Defense Magazinereports....
By the mid-1950s the leather bomber jacket was no longer a good item of clothing for pilots and others flying in US Air Force airplanes. It had become all because of the new jet planes. These can fly at thin air. Should the fliers' bulky, heavy jackets became wet in th...
Russia’s Ministry of Defense has released a video of four fighter planes escorting three US Air Force B-52H bombers over the waters of the Bering Sea on Thursday, after they were spotted heading towards the country’s airspace. According to the National Defense Management Center, Moscow detect...