Bell has decided to switch from a ducted tail rotor design to an open tail rotor for its 360 Invictus helicopter that is competing in the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft competition.
Sunday, August 8, 2021
USAF in “very preliminary” discussions on successor for AGM-158
U.S. Air Force Major Jacob Rohrbach, a pilot assigned to the 40th Flight Test Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, releases the first Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Extended Range, or JASSM-ER, from an F-16 over the Gulf of Mexico on September 19th, 2018. The test gathered data on safe separation and software integration of the JASSM-ER, and demonstrated the Eglin test range’s ability to monitor and control test items in flight over the Gulf of Mexico.
Photo by Master Sgt. Michael Jackson
USAF RQ-4 Block 40 crashes
A U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Block 40 Global Hawk crashed at approximately 7:00 a.m. Central Standard Time on Aug. 6 while returning to land at Grand Forks Air Force Base.
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