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Service: USAF Armament: Combination of AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, GBU-12 Paveway II and GBU-38 JDAM Propulsion: Honeywell TPE331-10GD turboprop engine Speed: 230 mph  Range: 1,150 miles Crew: Two (pilot and sensor operator) The MQ-9 Reaper is the primary offensive strike unmanned aerial vehicle for the U.S. Air Force. Given its significant loiter time, wide-range sensors, multi-mode communications suite, and precision weapons — it provides a unique capability to perform strike, coordination, and reconnaissance against high-value, fleeting, and time-sensitive targets. Reapers can also perform the following missions and tasks: intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, close air support, combat search and rescue, precision strike, buddy-laser, convoy/raid overwatch, route clearance, target development, and terminal air guidance. The Reaper is part of a remotely piloted aircraft system. A fully operational system consists of several sensor/weapon-equipped aircraft, groun...

Six decades of active service have been logged by the E-2 Hawkeye. The Northrup Grumman-built E-2 is capable of operating in all weather conditions and from aircraft carrier decks to provide tactical airborne early warning . Designed in the 1950s, the Hawkeye took its maiden flight in 1960 and entered service in 1964. And today, remarkably, the E-2 is still in production; the E-2 has remained in production since 1960, making the Hawkeye the longest-produced carrier-based aircraft ever. The E-2 Hawkeye  Meet the E-2 Hawkeye The E-2 Hawkeye  The E-2 was designed to replace the E-1 Tracer. And the E-2 was the first aircraft ever built from scratch specifically for airborne early warning. The airborne early warning aircraft that came before the E-2 was modified from existing aircraft, demonstrating that AEW was an afterthought. The E-2 Hawkeye  The engines of the E-2 make a distinct humming sound, so naturally, the aircraft has earned the nickname “Hummer.” The...

X-32: One Jet to Rule Them All Throughout the Cold ധąɾ, airframes were designed to do one thing and do it well. For example, the A-10 was built to provide close air support. Not interception, not air superiority, not precision bombing – close air support was the job, and nothing else. Naturally, the A-10 has proven to be an exceptional provider of close air support. Similar examples abound. The F-15 was built “without a pound for air-to-ground” as a pure air superiority fighter. The F-104, crafted in the shape of a rocket, was built to intercept enemy fighters. The A-6 was built to drop bombs. While airframes designed to perform a single purpose performed that purpose quite well, this format was expensive. It was complicated. The logistics were a pain in the butt. U.S. forces wanted something simpler, something streamlined, something that would allow for a more efficient force structure. The JSF was the culmination of that desire. The com Pet ition was meant to find a j...

The famous UFOlogist and virtual archaeologist Scott Waring drew the attention of netizens to a video showing a fragment of an unknown technical device that fell from the sky in the territory of the Dominican Republic. According to Waring, this Mysterious object is still burning, and draws the attention of users to the fire blazing in the hole. The UFOlogist is surprised how this thing did not ᛕᎥᒪᒪ anyone when it fell from the sky. The grass around the object provoked a massive fire, which local residents quickly extinguished. The researcher asks the question, is this technical device created by humans? If it was created by people, then why is there no official information or warning from NASA or another space agency? If this were one of the stages of SpaceX’s rocket, Waring continues, they would surely warn people living in this region of the Earth. After all, it is very large and dangerous. However, due to the total lack of evidence to indicate otherwise, this hunk...

Counter гoсket, artillery, and mortar, abbreviated C-RAM or counter-RAM, is a set of systems used to detect and/or deѕtгoу incoming rockets, artillery, and mortar rounds in the air before they һіt their ground targets, or simply provide early wагпіпɡ. The Counter гoсket Artillery and Mortar system, aka C-RAM, dumps 20 mm rounds into the sky at a rate of 75 rounds per second. C-RAM is effectively a land version of weарoпѕ such as the Phalanx CIWS radar-controlled rapid- fігe ɡᴜп foг close in protection of vessels from missiles. C-RAM is an initiative taken in response to an operational needs ѕtаtemeпt made by the Multinational foгсe Iraq (MNF-I). The directive arose in response to the increasing number of саѕᴜаɩtіeѕ саᴜѕed by аttасkѕ using rockets, artillery, and mortars in Iraq. The land-based Phalanx B was subsequently deployed in Iraq in the summer of 2004. It protected the Green Zone and саmр ⱱісtoгу in Baghdad, Joint Base Balad near Balad, Iraq, and was also deploy...

Six decades of active service have been logged by the E-2 Hawkeye. The Northrup Grumman-built E-2 is capable of operating in all weather conditions and from aircraft carrier decks to provide tactical airborne early warning. Designed in the 1950s, the Hawkeye took its maiden flight in 1960 and entered service in 1964. And today, remarkably, the E-2 is still in production; the E-2 has remained in production since 1960, making the Hawkeye the longest-produced carrier-based aircraft ever. The E-2 Hawkeye  Meet the E-2 Hawkeye The E-2 Hawkeye  The E-2 was designed to replace the E-1 Tracer. And the E-2 was the first aircraft ever built from scratch specifically for airborne early warning . The airborne early warning aircraft that came before the E-2 was modified from existing aircraft, demonstrating that AEW was an afterthought. The E-2 Hawkeye  The engines of the E-2 make a distinct humming sound, so naturally, the aircraft has earned the nickname “Hummer.” The ...

Among all Military vehicles, the AH-64 Apache helicopter is arguably the most well-known. Early in the 20th century, the first tanks were developed. Because they were no longer vulnerable to light weapons fire, troops could move across terrain with no resistance. The hunter is now the prey because of advancements in airpower, but Technology waits for no man. Nine Unknown Facts About The Apache Helicopter Although ground-attack missions are nothing new, the helicopter gunship was the vehicle that best demonstrated the value of having firepower, mobility, and stealth all in one. Any armored division’s most dreaded platform is a rotary assault helicopter. To the satisfaction of a defense contractor, a laser-equipped chopper zaps its first target – The Washington Post Boeing’s AH-64 Apache, maybe the most well-known of them, established the benchmark for gunship design that is still cutting edge today. We are used to seeing airplanes in flying displays that highlight th...

The US Navy has produced some of the world’s best naval aircraft and exported them to allies all around the world. They operated some of the very best naval aircraft during WW2, following that, the likes of the F-4 Phantom and the F-14 Tomcat continued that tradition during the Cold War. Today the Navy’s advanced F-18 Super Hornet and the brand new F-35C Lightning II are perhaps without equal in navies around the world. The US Naval air force is in its own right one of the largest and most powerful air forces in the world. The U.S. Marine Corps is its sister service who also operates more aircraft of its own. The Navy operates some 532 Boeing F/A-18E/Fs alone — that is more than the total number of aircraft in service for most air forces around the world. Here are the Navy’s top aircraft carrier-based aircraft during its History . 8/8 Douglas SBD Dauntless The Douglas SBD Dauntless was the venerable American naval diver bomber of World War 2 and is perhaps best known...