United States Military Aviation

BMD · Jul 23, 2024

Lockheed Martin sees potential market demand for another 300 new F-16s

Lockheed Martin believes it could attract orders for potentially another 300 F-16s, with prospective buyers for new-build jets currently including the Philippines, Thailand and Turkey.

www.flightglobal.com

BMD · Jul 23, 2024

https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/aerospace-news/2024/lockheed-martin-delivers-4-600th-f-16-fighting-falcon-fighter-jet-during-50th-year-celebration

BMD · Jul 23, 2024

https://twitter.com/x/status/1717905375532319109

https://twitter.com/x/status/1815727047244726572

BMD · Jul 23, 2024

https://twitter.com/x/status/1815713467313045698

BMD · Jul 23, 2024

Interesting clip showing bullet hole size for a GAU-8.

BMD · Jul 24, 2024

B-2 Test Launches New Low-Cost Anti-Ship Weapon at Warship in the Pacific

A U.S. Air Force B-2 bomber helped sink a decommissioned U.S. warship in the Pacific using a new, relatively inexpensive, anti-ship weapon.

www.airandspaceforces.com

BMD · Aug 2, 2024

BMD · Aug 2, 2024

AC-130J Ghostrider Hammers Amphibious Warship During Rare Appearance At Sinking Exercise

An AC-130 brought its 105mm howitzer and 30mm chain gun to bear on the ex-USS Dubuque during the RIMPAC 2024 exercise.

www.twz.com

BMD · Aug 6, 2024

B-1B Tests New Pylon That Could Drastically Increase Its Weapons Carriage Capabilities

Boeing's Load Adaptable Modular pylon, or LAM, has the ability to greatly expand the B-1B's flexibility and kinetic punch. The Air Force has begun flight tests of a B-1B Lancer with the Boeing Load Adaptable Modular pylon, or LAM.

www.twz.com

BMD · Aug 7, 2024

BMD · Aug 7, 2024

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B-1B Tests New Pylon That Could Drastically Increase Its Weapons Carriage Capabilities

Boeing's Load Adaptable Modular pylon, or LAM, has the ability to greatly expand the B-1B's flexibility and kinetic punch. The Air Force has begun flight tests of a B-1B Lancer with the Boeing Load Adaptable Modular pylon, or LAM.

www.twz.com

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B-1B Bomber Spotted For The First Time Carrying New Bunker Buster Bomb Externally

Photos show the B-1 carrying a large bomb on the forward right hard point. And it looks like it's GBU-72/B, the new 5,000 pound "Bunker Buster". A U.S.

theaviationist.com

BMD · Aug 8, 2024

USAF Clears B-1B As Hypersonic Testbed | Aviation Week Network

The service has cleared the Load Adaptable Modular pylon to fly on one hardpoint.

aviationweek.com

BMD · Aug 10, 2024

Massive China-Focused Air Combat Exercise Underway Off California Coast

Playing out over vast reaches of the eastern Pacific, the Bamboo Eagle war games are rehearsing for a potential future conflict with China. Playing out over the eastern Pacific, the Bamboo Eagle war games are rehearsing for a potential future conflict with China.

www.twz.com

BMD · Aug 10, 2024

Precooled F-100 Engine Combined with Ramjet for Hypersonic Drone and Jets | NextBigFuture.com

The startup Hermeus is rapidly developing a hypersonic plane. They have begun testing their proprietary precooler technology with the Pratt & Whitney F100

www.nextbigfuture.com

BMD · Aug 10, 2024

Northrop's Stealthy Loyal Wingman Drone Breaks Cover And It Has A Cockpit

The Model 437, which was built by Northrop Grumman's subsidiary Scaled Composites, looks like the concept art aside from one very glaring detail.

www.twz.com

CCA primes have been very coy about performance and payload. TWZ says model 437 supposedly has range of 3,000 nm, can go Mach .8, and carry two AMRAAM sized weapons internally. That is the sweet spot especially if it can be bought for $20 million.