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| Topic Started: Oct 6 2008, 06:38 PM (67 Views) | |
| United States | Oct 6 2008, 06:38 PM Post #1 |
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US Checks A-10s The U.S. Air Force has ordered immediate inspection of about 130 A-10 combat attack aircraft due to fatigued, cracking wings. The order is to inspect 56 Air Combat Command (ACC), 42 Air National Guard, 18 reserve-owned and 11 Pacific Air Forces planes. The cracks are occurring on the center wing panel just aft of the main landing gear trunnion mount on both the right and left sides of the aircraft, ACC spokesperson Maj. Kristi Beckman said. The single-seat, twin-engine Thunderbolt II, affectionately known as the Warthog, is the only aircraft affected, Beckman said. The first 244 aircraft were built with "thin skin" on the wings, but Fairchild-Republic later determined that a stronger wing skin was needed if the planes were going to last longer. The remaining 112 aircraft were built with a thicker wing covering. |
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| United States | Oct 12 2008, 12:34 PM Post #2 |
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Helicopter Program Begins Following complaints from members of NATO over the number of Helicopters available to Allied troops in war zones like Afghanistan particularly to help in the evacuation of combat casualties the United States Army is in the process of building around 20 new CH-47F Chinook helicopters for use in Combat Areas. |
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| United States | Oct 12 2008, 12:52 PM Post #3 |
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Defences for Satellites With the Bush presidency winding down and the possibility of a space race with China winding up, Congress has instructed the U.S. Defense Department to define the steps an American administration might have to take to protect U.S. satellites from lasers, jammers or other weapons. Congress wants the officials in charge of defending U.S. satellites — meaning commercial, military and intelligence spacecraft — to describe those options in a national strategy that would guide civilian decision makers in deliberations over which actions are appropriate. Congress also wants to avoid duplicative spending on devices that might make U.S. satellites hardier. Those defensive measures might include maneuvering systems, more radiation hardening or small secondary cameras to watch for swarms of microsatellites preparing to wage sneak attacks. New spy satellites could be equipped with better shutters, or “sunglasses” as one congressional staff member calls them, to prevent them from being blinded by lasers, which is a growing fear among U.S. intelligence officials. |
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| United States | Oct 14 2008, 09:04 PM Post #4 |
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A-10 Survives The US Military announced today that it would be shifting its doctrine to favor ground-attack aircraft over attack helicopters because ground-attack helicopters have proved to be highly vulnerable to small-arms fire. Officially, the U.S. Air Force planned to replace the only dedicated ground-attack aircraft currently in U.S. service, the A-10, with the F-35 Lightning II. But, facing political concerns that the new fighters were not designed for the ground-attack role that had proven particular useful in Iraq and Afghanistan, a plan to decommission the A-10 has been replaced with a plan to upgrade the existing aircraft with improved electronics extending the service life of the planes until as late as 2028. |
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| United States | Oct 14 2008, 09:07 PM Post #5 |
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First UAV Fighter Wing Unveiled The First ever fighter wing compromising entirely of UCAVs has been unveiled. The 174th Fighter Wing was equipped with F-16s but is now the first fighter wing on earth to be made up of UCAVs. In terms of cost comparisons, a Reaper comes in at approximately 33 per cent as much as an F-16, and associated fuel costs are 99 per cent less. The Reaper’s service ceiling is 50,000 feet. In terms of weapons, it can carry Paveway Laser-guided bombs and/ or Hellfire air-to-ground missiles, while the duration of airborne missions can exceed 14 hours. The 174th Fighter Wing’s former F-16 pilots have been trained in how to operate the Reaper but, while they will be capable of operating it from within the US, ground crew tasked with maintaining the craft will travel with it when deployed to foreign shores. While the manned-to-unmanned transition is a significant one in terms of the development of UAVs, it does not yet signal the beginning of the end for traditional, piloted aircraft. Aircraft like the F-16 will continue to have an active and direct air combat role due, in part, to their speed over UAVs and their ability to reach the battle zone quickly. |
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| United States | Oct 24 2008, 05:35 PM Post #6 |
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US Agrees on Aircraft Deals The United States Military has agreed a deal with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics and Boeing Integrated Defense Systems to produce a further 178 F-22 Raptors bringing the total amount of Raptors in the United States Air Force to 300. The Raptor is unavailable for export at this time as it is against Federal Law. The United States Military has also announced it intention to bring 1,763 F-35 Lighting II to the military. They finally reached an a agreement with the manufacturers of the aircraft. |
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| United States | Oct 24 2008, 05:36 PM Post #7 |
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US Hopes for Future Future Combat Systems has taken another step forward today with the US Military releasing more details on the new weaponry available to the US in the future. There are rumors of plans going around for a new attack helicopter to replace the AH-64 Apache and to become part of the FC Systems which are set to revolutionize the way war is fought. 'This is exciting times for the US military with all this new technology coming through we will be able to locate all enemies on the battlefield and take them out before they have any idea where in the area. The massive improvements in both the US Army and Navy do not come without cost with the total costs estimated to be around $400 million. |
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| United States | Oct 24 2008, 05:45 PM Post #8 |
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US Navy Upgrades ASW Defences The US Navy will be using its new anti submarines systems on its new LPDs and will also be added to Aircraft Carriers one at a time over the next 2 years. The anti-submarine warfare package includes the unmanned Fire Scout vertical take-off aircraft, two surface vehicles and two underwater multi-mission vehicles. A manned MH-60R helicopter also will be part of the operation. The aircraft and water vessels will tow acoustic sensors capable of discerning quiet diesel-electric submarines in the cluttered underwater environment. The unmanned systems will allow the Navy to hunt those submarines without putting ships in range of torpedoes. The remote multi-mission vehicle will chug through the water like a snorkeling submarine. It will release one of two medium-frequency sonar arrays that will emit an acoustic signal or listen for returns as they are towed along. The plan is for the two RMMVs to work in concert as a bi-static acoustic detection system. The first vehicle will deploy an active sonar array and the second will tow a hydrophone array. Likewise, the unmanned surface vehicles will carry one of two payloads, an active low-frequency sonar, called the multi-static off-board source, or a hydrophone towed array. The USV also can deploy a modified dipping sonar typically operated from helicopters. Armed with the MK-54 torpedo, the manned Sikorsky MH-60R helicopter will act as a “pouncer” to attack the threat submarine after detections are made by the sensor payloads on the unmanned vehicles. Outfitted with an electro-optical infrared sensor, Northrop Grumman’s Fire Scout rotorcraft will perform as a communications relay platform to extend the distance that the unmanned vehicles can operate away from the LCS. |
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