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☆ Crew mistakes and inadequate safety standards led to the crash that destroyed a $450 million B-1B bomber, an Air Force probe found
  + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Thomas Novelly | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
AdvertisementThe charred remains of the B-1B Lancer after it crashed near the runway of Ellsworth Air Force Base. US Air Force Aircraft Accident Investigation BoardThe four crew members all ejected, but two of them suffered injuries as a result. Both were medically treated and later released, according to Air Force Global Strike Command, which commissioned the crash investigation report. AdvertisementAircrew members prepare a B-1B Lancer for deployment at Ellsworth Air Force Base at night. An aircrew member directs a B-1B Lancer onto the runway at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota.
Persons: —, Military.com, Ellsworth, Jake Jacobsen, Erick Lord, Dylan Maher, JF Joseph Organizations: Service, Ellsworth Air Force Base, Business, Lancers, Dyess Air Force Base, US Air Force Aircraft, Air Force Global Strike Command, Lancer, Air Force Global, Command, US Air Force, Staff, Ellsworth Air Force, 34th Bomb Squadron, Operations Support Squadron, Marine Corps Locations: South Dakota, Abilene , Texas
☆ New missiles could help Ukraine's future F-16 fighters to take on Russian jets, but the planes will likely be more useful for other missions
  + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +13 min
The Pentagon plans to send highly capable air-to-air missiles that the jets can carry. A US Air Force aircraft fuels craftsman marshals a US F-16 at Rovaniemi Air Base in Finland during Astral Knight 23 Part 6 on August 23, 2023. These capabilities, coupled with its physical design, make the F-16 a formidable opponent for Russian fighter jets like the MiG-31 and Su-35, experts and former pilots say. AdvertisementAdvertisementAn F-16C Fighting Falcon from the 85th Test Evaluation Squadron flies a test mission March 19, 2019 near Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Snodgrass said these missiles are "fairly comparable" to Russian air-to-air missiles like the R-27 and R-77.
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☆ US Air Force special operators' search for new runways is expanding from highways to beaches
  + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Christopher Woody | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
The growing reach of the Chinese military has the US Air Force worried about its bases. Air Force special operators are widening the search, seeking more roads and even beaches to land on. AdvertisementAdvertisementA Royal Air Force Atlas A400M lands on a beach during at Pembrey Sands in Wales in June 2023. Royal Air ForceNew technology and eventually new aircraft are also helping to expand Air Force Special Operations Command's "runway-agnostic options." Air Force officials say that capability allows the MQ-9s to go to more bases and reduces the number of airmen needed for support.
Persons: Tony Bauernfeind, Bauernfeind, Al Udeid, Kenneth Wilsbach, we're, Command Bauernfeind, We're Organizations: US Air Force, Air Force, Service, Force Special, Command, The Air Force, Agile, Employment, Pacific, Air Force Special Operations Command, Operations Command, Air and Space Forces Association, Christopher Quail, US Air Forces, Royal Air Force Atlas, Royal Air Force, US Air Force Special, DARPA Locations: Wall, Silicon, Europe, Washington, Bagram, Kandahar, Balad, Al, Tinian, Palau, Michigan, Wyoming, Texas, Pembrey Sands, Wales
☆ After 55 years in flight, the US Air Force is planning to keep its biggest plane in action for a few more decades
  + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Benjamin Brimelow | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
The Air Force said the material used to make the parts showed "promising results" and appeared "to be impervious to natural elements." The use of 3D parts could result in faster turnaround times and reduced costs for maintenance on the C-5, the largest aircraft in Air Force's inventory and the workhorse of US Air Force Air Mobility Command. The GalaxyThe C-5A Galaxy lifts off from the Dobbins Air Force Base for its maiden flight on June 30, 1968. The Air Force needed a single plane capable of carrying loads of over 150,000 pounds to distances over 3,000 miles. Development, upgrades, and futureA C-5 and other US Air Force aircraft during an air show at at Andrews Air Force Base in May 2007.
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