#airwarfare — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #airwarfare, aggregated by home.social.
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The Pentagon is testing a big idea: can orbit take over part of the airborne-tracking mission long handled by AWACS-type aircraft?
Our latest on space-based AMTI, the U.S. Space Force, and what this could mean for future air combat:
https://spacetech.industryexaminer.com/the-pentagons-next-airborne-tracking-system-may-be-in-orbit/#SpaceTech #DefenseTech #SpaceForce #Pentagon #AMTI #AWACS #EWedgetail #MilitarySatellites #AirWarfare #ISR #TechNews
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F. The MiG-17 - NATO reporting name 'Fresco' - was the immediate successor to the Korean War era Mig-15 in Russian service. With a cleaner airframe and a crude but serviceable afterburner on the Klimov VK-1 engine, the MiG-17 was transonic in a dive (rather like the Hawker Hunter). Powerful gun armament (1 x 37mm and 2 x 23mm cannons) was optimised for bomber interception, but the aircraft proved a formidable opponent in Vietnam War dogfights against early F-4 Phantoms (which did not have a fixed gun armament) as they were far more agile. This preserved example is shown at the Rhode Island Air Show. #airshow #USA #RhodeIsland #aircraft #aviation #afterburner #fighter #avgeek #NATO #Russian #MiG #MiG17 #Fresco #KlimovVK1 #MikoyanGurevich #transonic #VietnamWar #airwarfare #F4Phantom #cannon #dogfight #photography #aviationphotography
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#MastodonMosquitoMoment Here we see a Royal Air Force Corporal #Armourer winching a 4,000lb HC bomb (a.k.a. a 'cookie') into the #bomb bay of a #Mosquito of the #LightNightStrikingForce of #BomberCommand, #RAF during #WW2 .The People's Mosquito are restoring one of these iconic #aircraft to flight status. For details, see www.peoplesmosquito.org.uk #airwarfare #history
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#MastodonMosquitoMoment Here we see a Royal Air Force Corporal #Armourer winching a 4,000lb HC bomb (a.k.a. a 'cookie') into the #bomb bay of a #Mosquito of the #LightNightStrikingForce of #BomberCommand, #RAF during #WW2 .The People's Mosquito are restoring one of these iconic #aircraft to flight status. For details, see www.peoplesmosquito.org.uk #airwarfare #history