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☆ A first-of-its-kind exercise on a Michigan highway shows the aging A-10 Warthog can still make history
  + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Stavros Atlamazoglou | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
This summer, the US Air Force conducted a first-of-its-kind test on a Michigan highway. Air Force aircraft landed on a civilian roadway for the first time during a similar exercise in August 2021. 'We own airfield ops'US Air Force combat controllers from the 21st Special Tactics Squadron at Fort Polk in Louisiana in August 2013. Parker GyokeresThe success of the exercise in Michigan hinged on a little-known career field in the US special-operations community: Combat Controllers. "Setting up an airstrip is one of the most important skill sets" that Combat Controllers have, a former Air Force Combat Controller told Insider.
☆ US Air Force special operators turned cargo planes into bombers. Now they're showing other militaries how it's done.
  + stars: | 2022-09-13 | by ( Christopher Woody | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
One effort involving Air Force Special Operations Command is modifying cargo planes to drop bombs. Other air forces could easily deploy those weapons from their cargo planes, the head of AFSOC said. A major part of that effort has been repurposing its largest aircraft, cargo planes and tankers, for other missions. Brandon EsauThe Air Force has been contemplating how to deploy more firepower with its existing fleet for nearly a decade. US Air Force Special Operations CommandAFSOC is looking to add other capabilities to its MC-130s as well.
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