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• LAST POST FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS…

  
  kansasprairie.net — Authority: 433
  Remember the fall of the Berlin wall 20 years ago?  That changed much of Europe and gave millions of people an opportunity for a better life.Studies show diet soda doubles the risk of kidney damage. Regular consumption of artificially sweetened drinks can lead to a gradual decline in kidney function. Regular soda ...
  2 days ago

• JStars Wars

  
  Milcom Monitoring Post — Authority: 438
  An E-8C Joint STARS aircraft from the 116th Air Control Wing lands at a Southwest Asia base on a mission for Operation Iraqi Freedom. (USAF photo) Below is a link to an excellent article from the AFA Air Force magazine on the USAF E-8C JStars aircraft. The Air Force’s E-8 Joint STARS is proving to be a powerful ...
  3 days ago

• Air Force officials unveil new strategic basing process

  
  Milcom Monitoring Post — Authority: 438
  by Tech. Sgt. Amaani Lyle, Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Senior Air Force officials have applied a new basing process to more than 200 sites for training and operational basing of the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter aircraft. In fall 2008, Secretary of the Air Force Michael ...
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• General calls for focus on protecting satellites

  
  Milcom Monitoring Post — Authority: 438
  by John J. Kruzel, American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The chief of U.S. Strategic Command wants better tools for protecting against threats from space debris -- an estimated 20,000 pieces of manmade material orbiting around the planet. Gen. Kevin P. Chilton laid out what he described as his "wish ...
  4 days ago

• Lockheed Martin Passes Important Missile Test

  
  Wall Street Pit — Authority: 648
  On Thursday, the media got word from the U.S. Air Force of successful testing of Lockheed Martin’s (LMT) new and improved long range missiles. The successful testing, in which 15 out of 16 missiles got the desired result, should clear the way for up to $4.4 billion in contracts through 2023 after...
  5 days ago

• Lockheed Martin Passes Important Missile Test

  
  The Razor's Edge — Authority: 132
  On Thursday, the media got word from the U.S. Air Force of successful testing of Lockheed Martin’s ( LMT ) new and improved long range missiles.  The successful testing, in which 15 out of 16 missiles got the desired result, should clear the way for up to $4.4 billion in contracts through 2023 after a Pentagon ...
  5 days ago

• As Space Collision Threat Looms, Pentagon Upgrades Its Monitoring of Satellites

  
  Milcom Monitoring Post — Authority: 438
  Space Junk An artists impression of space debris in low-Earth orbit. The U.S. government wants a better surveillance system to keep track of the thousands of space junk pieces. ESA By Jeremy Hsu on the Popular Science website The U.S. Air Force has upgraded its ability to predict possible satellite collisions, as ...
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• Cope Taufan to Bring U.S., Malaysian Air Forces Together for Training

  
  U.S. Pacific Command Blog — Authority: 113
  The U.S. Air Force and Royal Malaysian Air Force are set to train together Nov. 9-20 in Malaysia during exercise Cope Taufan. Nearly 100 U.S. Airmen will take part, along with eight U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle aircraft.Cope Taufan is a live-fly exercise that involves dissimilar basic fighter maneuver training and ...
  5 days ago

• Lt. Col. Salamander, USAF (Ret)

  
  CDR Salamander — Authority: 539
  If I were an USAF guy ... I would be all over this . From Noah at WIRED; You’d think men and women who handle heavy weapons, fly the planet’s most advanced airplanes, and take care of multi-million dollar equipment could be trusted to go outside at night without wearing a day-glo safety belt. The United ...
  6 days ago

• The Impending Collapse of Manned Airpower

  
  New Wars — Authority: 475
  If you thought the recent knife fights over the F-22 Raptor fighter cancellation was tough, you haven’t seen anything comparable as the massive Joint Strike Fighter program implodes under the weight of immense costs in the next decade. At least, that is yours truly’s prediction, as all the signs of disaster on a ...
  1 week ago

• Air Guard Readies for C-27J Fleet

  
  Milcom Monitoring Post — Authority: 438
  By Air Force Lt. Col. Ellen Krenke, Special to American Forces Press Service The Air National Guard, for the first time, will be the sole operator of a new aircraft straight off the assembly line when it starts operations with C-27J Spartan cargo planes. The Spartan, the latest propeller-driven airlifter, is an ...
  1 week ago

• Air Force Global Strike Command leaders release commands mission, vision

  
  Milcom Monitoring Post — Authority: 438
  BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. (AFNS) -- Air Force Global Strike Command officials gathered to zero-in on the organizations course, as well as review and discuss guidance from national leaders regarding the creation, stand-up and objectives for the command Oct. 15 through 17 near the National Military Park in ...
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• Ellsworth officials launch digital ASR

  
  Milcom Monitoring Post — Authority: 438
  Staff Sgt. Jacob Martin views a radar scope Oct. 14, 2009, at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. The base recently switched from airport surveillance radar to digital airport surveillance radar. Sergeant Martin is a 28th Operations Support Squadron air traffic controller. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Corey Hook) ...
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• Air Force officials announce candidate bases for joint strike fighter

  
  Milcom Monitoring Post — Authority: 438
  WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Air Force officials here announced the list of candidate locations Oct. 29 for basing the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter. The list of candidate bases was approved by the secretary and chief of staff of the Air Force and identifies the first group of bases to be considered for joint ...
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• InfoBore 76

  
  UBIWAR — Authority: 433
  Darpa Looks to Send the Internet Into Orbit – Noah Shachtman, Danger Room 24th Air Force Background – Bruce Carleton, USCYBERCOM Watch European Energy Infrastructure Protection: Addressing the Cyber-Warfare Threat – Uwe Nerlich & Frank Umbach, Journal of Energy Security Nothing on the Internet ...
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• Desperate Hours in Sudan

  
  In From the Cold — Authority: 418
  Kudos to staff writer Michael Hoffman of Air Force Times . Mr. Hoffman--the first reporter to uncover the inadvertent transfer of nuclear weapons between Air Force bases in North Dakota and Louisiana in 2007--has discovered another event the service would rather forget. It happened almost three years ago, at a ...
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• USAFs Ultrawideband Laser Networks [Networks]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 897
  The US Air Force is not only experimenting with lasers to kill missiles. They are now using them to transmit data from planes and drones, at 22 miles and enabling quantum encryption. They did it with...
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• USAF’s Ultrawideband Laser Networks [Networks]

  
  F-Default — Authority: 561
      The US Air Force is not only experimenting with lasers to kill missiles . They are now using them to transmit data from planes and drones, at 22 miles and enabling quantum encryption . They did it with adaptive optics: When you transmit information through turbulence—motion in the atmosphere caused by ...
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• 45th Space Wing Airmen support successful Ares I-X launch

  
  Milcom Monitoring Post — Authority: 438
  CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. (AFNS) -- Airmen, Air Force civilians and contractors from the 45th Space Wing provided Eastern Range support for NASAs successful launch of the Ares I-X. The test rocket launched from Space Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center at 11:30 a.m. (EDT) Oct. 28. Personnel ...
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• Tanker aircrews support exercise in Chile

  
  Milcom Monitoring Post — Authority: 438
  An F-15 Eagle with the 159th Fighter Wing approaches the boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker during a refueling mission Oct. 22 over Chile. The Chilean air force hosted military members from the United States, Brazil, Argentina and France during Exercise Salitre II, a multinational exercise focused on interoperability. ...
  1 week ago

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