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The Impact of Air Force Aircraft Mishaps

November 2, 2021

The Department of Defense considers any mishap that costs more than $2 million, or results in the total loss of an aircraft, and/or causes a fatality or permanent physical disability View More ›

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The Military’s Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Problem

November 1, 2021

The future of the American military’s Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) mission is in question. With adversaries like Russia and China updating their capabilities, legacy ISR military systems need updating View More ›

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SR-72 – The US Is Building the Fastest Aircraft in the World

November 1, 2021

With all the talk lately of hypersonic missiles and spacecraft, one highly advanced piece of technology might be quietly flying under the radar. Pun intended. Lockheed Martin is developing a View More ›

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This Is Why Black Flag Is One of the Air Force’s Most Important Exercises

October 26, 2021

Black Flag is the U.S. Air Force’s newest flag-level exercise. Flag-level exercises bring together airframes and skillsets from around the military, and sometimes from around the world.   Red Flag View More ›

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The Top 5 American Fighter Planes of WWII With the Most Kills

October 26, 2021

World War II still fascinates many people today. It was the bloodiest and most devastating war the world has ever seen. War tends to bring out the worst in mankind, View More ›

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The Versatile MC-130 – A Special Operations Workhorse

October 23, 2021

Most people, if they know what a C-130 is, simply look and see a C-130 in the air. Others see an annoying military plane that buzzes treetops and looks like View More ›

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How Fast Are the US Air Force Jets? Supersonic!

October 23, 2021

Seventy-four years ago, Captain Charles Yeager of the U.S. Air Force became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound. Once that barrier was broken, modern aviation View More ›

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How Do Chinese Weapons Stack Up? China’s J-16D Fighter vs America’s EA-18G Growler

October 11, 2021

Electronic warfare is all the rage these days, and Chinese weapons are packed with electronics. With the unveiling of the newest Chinese weapons platform, here are some similarities and differences View More ›

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An Air Force Tale of VIPs and Speed Records

September 27, 2021

The “interview” for the 89th Military Airlift Wing seemed fairly straightforward. It wasn’t so much about how well I could fly an airplane, rather it seemed to be more about View More ›

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Project Kaiju: Giant Monsters or the Air Force’s SkyNet?

September 27, 2021

“On the internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.” Or a giant monster. Project Kaiju is a new program by the Air Force to automate some functions of electronic warfare and View More ›

SOFREP No Comments Air Force, Aviation, Cyber Warfare, Drones, Military, Technology
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