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USAF F-16 shoots down armed Turkish drone over Syria in what is believed to be the first time the US has shot down a NATO ally’s aircraft – The Aviation Geek Club

The F-16 shot down the armed Turkish drone after repeated communications to stay away from US ground troops. According to US officials, on Oct. 5, 2023 a US Air Force (USAF) F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet shot down an armed Turkish drone that was operating near American troops in Syria after several warnings. According to …

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US Reveals that a Russian SA-22 Pantsir surface-to-air missile damaged MQ-9 Drone over Syria – The Aviation Geek Club

In November 2022 a Russian surface-to-air missile came close to striking an American MQ-9 Reaper drone over Syria, passing and detonating within 40 feet and damaging the aircraft. US official told to Air & Space Forces Magazine that in November 2022 a Russian surface-to-air missile (SAM) came close to striking an American MQ-9 Reaper drone …

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Iran’s First Aircraft Carrier is under construction (It will be a Drone Aircraft Carrier obtained from Converted Merchant Ship and it’s expected To Be Launched In 2023) – The Aviation Geek Club

Iran’s sectarian naval force is converting a former merchant container ship into a drone aircraft carrier in a dry dock near the entrance to the Persian Gulf. Iran’s sectarian naval force is converting a former merchant container ship into a drone aircraft carrier in a dry dock near the entrance to the Persian Gulf, USNI …

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USAF F-15 fighter jet shot down an Iranian Mojer-6 UAV over Iraq – The Aviation Geek Club

A USAF F-15 fighter jet was scrambled to shoot down an Iranian drone that appeared to be heading towards US forces in Erbil, Iraq, on Sep. 28, 2022. A US Air Force (USAF) F-15 fighter jet was scrambled to shoot down an Iranian drone that appeared to be heading towards US forces in Erbil, Iraq, …

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DARPA looks to leverage laser-equipped KC-46 and KC-135 tankers to recharge drones wirelessly – The Aviation Geek Club

The benefits of having drones recharge their batteries in mid-air include extended range and having small energy storage capacities. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) published a request for information on Jun. 14, 2022 seeking industry feedback on a concept to wirelessly recharge unmanned air vehicles using a high-powered laser mounted on an external …

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Safe, Reliable, and Uninhabited: in a first-ever Flight Demonstration a Black Hawk Helicopter flies with No One Inside in a 30-minute Flight – The Aviation Geek Club

The Model A Black Hawk helicopter, identifiable by DARPA’s logo and tail number N60-OPV, completed a pre-flight check list, started its engines, span up its rotors and took off with no crew onboard. Sitting on the runway in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, one of Sikorsky’s pilots in an S-70 BLACK HAWK helicopter flips the optionally piloted …

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The story of the D-21 Drone and project Senior Bowl, the Most Secret Program ever developed by the famed Lockheed Skunk Works – The Aviation Geek Club

At Beale Air Force Base , in California, you would think that the SR-71 Blackbird program would be the biggest blackest deepest secret. You would be wrong. At Beale Air Force Base (AFB), in California, you would think that the SR-71 Blackbird program would be the biggest blackest deepest secret. But you would be wrong. …

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Boeing MQ-25 Stingray unmanned aerial refueler Completes First Carrier Tests – The Aviation Geek Club

The US Navy and Boeing have successfully maneuvered an MQ-25 Stingray unmanned aerial refueler on a US Navy aircraft carrier for the first time. The US Navy and Boeing have successfully maneuvered the Boeing-owned T1 test asset on a US Navy aircraft carrier for the first time – an early step forward in ensuring the …

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USAF awards Exosonic contract to build supersonic Drone to act as a near-peer adversary fighter for aggressor training – The Aviation Geek Club

The Exosonic supersonic UAV will help the pilot training mission by acting as a near-peer adversary fighter to challenge fighter pilots in live flight training. The US Air Force (USAF) awarded Exosonic a Direct to Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract that funds the development of a low boom supersonic unmanned aerial vehicle …

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Video shows MQ-25 Stingray unmanned aerial tanker refueling an F-35C Lightning II for the first time – The Aviation Geek Club

On Sep. 13, 2021 the integrated Navy and Boeing MQ-25 team, in coordination with the F-35 program, conducted the refueling flight near MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Illinois. As the video in this post shows, the US Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Aviation (PMA-268) program completed its first aerial refueling of an F-35C Lightning II aircraft …

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