US Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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Jura The idiot
General
she was (or still is) in
today, obviously:
Super Hornet from USS Carl Vinson Crashes Near the Philippines, Pilot Safe
which is still pretty far from the Korean Peninsula, obviously:
Huh?? odd to lose one on final, maybe a flameout?? and slow?? so ya blow??
I've often pointed out that landing configuration to put that bird on the boat, actually requires you to "get behind the power curve" in order to develop the requisite sink rate. I don't know if that would put you behind "blue line" but its marginal. I wouldn't expect a double flame-out unless it was fuel exhaustion???
Jura The idiot
General
Brother I basically don't know what you're talking about, except it concerned landing (LOL)
here's the most recent from NavyTimes:
Fighter pilot from aircraft carrier Carl Vinson ejects safely at sea
When the F-18E in in landing configuration, the gear is down, leading edge slats deployed and full flaps are applied or lowered into the airstream. The Slats and Flaps create a tremendous amount of lift in this configuration, and equally tremendous drag, so power has to be added to prevent the aircraft from developing a critically high sink rate..
Now if you suddenly lost power on both engines, or even one??? you would sink like a rock. The engines are spooled up to 35% or so on approach possibly a little more, and as BD and others have reminded, every trap sequence ends on deck, with the throttles pushed up into full afterburner, just in case you miss all the wires and have to "bolter! the aircraft will fly off no sweat, but if those engines are not throttled up on approach, they will take a number of seconds to "spool up"?
Jura The idiot
General
I of course give you the benefit of the doubt here
US: First Test of Upgraded Nuclear Bomb a Success
Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are claiming success with the first in a new series of test flights involving an upgraded version of a nuclear bomb that has been part of the US arsenal for decades….
An F-16 from Nellis Air Force Base dropped an inert version of the weapon over the Nevada desert last month to test its non-nuclear functions as well as the plane's ability to carry the [B61-12] bomb.With a mere puff of dust, the mock bomb landed in a dry lake bed at the Tonopah Test Range."It's great to see things all come together: the weapon design, the test preparation, the aircraft, the range and the people who made it happen," Anna Schauer, director of Sandia's Stockpile Resource Center, said in a statement.
More test flights are planned over the next three years, and officials with the National Nuclear Security Administration said the first production unit of the B61-12 — developed under what is called the Life Extension Program — is scheduled to be completed in 2020.The B61-12 consolidates and replaces four older versions in the nation's nuclear arsenal.
It's outfitted with a new tail-kit assembly and other hardware.
From airforce-technology.com: Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC) Air-Delivered Capabilities director Paul Waugh said: “The B61-12 gravity bomb ensures the current capability for the air-delivered leg of the US strategic nuclear triad well into the future for both bombers and dual-capable aircraft supporting North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).”The new B61-12 bomb will be compatible with the B-2A, B-21, F-15E, F-16C/D, F-16 MLU, F-35 and PA-200 Aircraft.
Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are claiming success with the first in a new series of test flights involving an upgraded version of a nuclear bomb that has been part of the US arsenal for decades….
An F-16 from Nellis Air Force Base dropped an inert version of the weapon over the Nevada desert last month to test its non-nuclear functions as well as the plane's ability to carry the [B61-12] bomb.With a mere puff of dust, the mock bomb landed in a dry lake bed at the Tonopah Test Range."It's great to see things all come together: the weapon design, the test preparation, the aircraft, the range and the people who made it happen," Anna Schauer, director of Sandia's Stockpile Resource Center, said in a statement.
More test flights are planned over the next three years, and officials with the National Nuclear Security Administration said the first production unit of the B61-12 — developed under what is called the Life Extension Program — is scheduled to be completed in 2020.The B61-12 consolidates and replaces four older versions in the nation's nuclear arsenal.
It's outfitted with a new tail-kit assembly and other hardware.
From airforce-technology.com: Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC) Air-Delivered Capabilities director Paul Waugh said: “The B61-12 gravity bomb ensures the current capability for the air-delivered leg of the US strategic nuclear triad well into the future for both bombers and dual-capable aircraft supporting North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).”The new B61-12 bomb will be compatible with the B-2A, B-21, F-15E, F-16C/D, F-16 MLU, F-35 and PA-200 Aircraft.
Very advance indeed. Well kept "secret" until revealed to people at large. Same too with the MOAB. The US has the technology and the scientists to develop the weapon systems. It is a foregone conclusion that China & Russia, and perhaps the middle and small powers would also try to develope similar powerful destructive bombs. The more destructive weapons are developed, the more problems and sufferings would occur. Why can't countries focus on infrastructure developments, Human Resource Development (HRD-Training) etc. for the good of their people? Brilliant scientists the world over could develop; and governments could be spending more on advanced medicine, health care etc,? This "Owlish Scientific Approach" would benefit human beings, and the only One World we have - Unwise to cause its total destruction.
Jura The idiot
General
Apr 13, 2017
Boeing hits back on F-15C retirement proposal
"By replacing the aircraft’s longerons — the thin strips of material that make up the skeleton of an aircraft — the Air Force can extend the life of the F-15C/D past 2030 for about $1 million per aircraft, Boeing’s vice president of F-15 programs, Steve Parker, said during an April 17 interview."
but"To keep the Eagle flying past the 2020s would require a series of service life extension programmes including a center fuselage overhaul estimated at $40 million per unit, according to the service’s head of Air Combat Command." sounds like a lot
Amid budget uncertainty, USAF weighs F-15 retirement
Boeing hits back on F-15C retirement proposal
"By replacing the aircraft’s longerons — the thin strips of material that make up the skeleton of an aircraft — the Air Force can extend the life of the F-15C/D past 2030 for about $1 million per aircraft, Boeing’s vice president of F-15 programs, Steve Parker, said during an April 17 interview."
Jura The idiot
General
T-45s flying again after brief grounding
... etc. inside
Tuesday at 12:10 PM
... Here’s the full statement Cdr. Jeannie Groeneveld of Naval Air Forces gave us last night:
T-45C flights resumed on Tuesday, with only our most experienced instructor pilots flying, after being briefed on updated mitigations and operating procedures. Our primary goal is to learn how our pilots adapt to the new mask configuration and to identify potential concerns. Since resuming flight operations we have had one crew report minor post-flight symptoms (this was one flight out of 92 flown over the two days). During their flight, the two instructors flew to the maximum altitude allowed with the new mask (10,000 feet cabin altitude) and conducted dynamic flight maneuvers, surpassing 4 Gs, to better understand the limitations of the new procedures.
Our interviewed the pilots to understand exactly what they experienced and what may have caused their symptoms (minor headaches). After the in-depth interview and given that the aircrew’s symptoms subsided as they descended, the medical team has assessed that the discomfort was due to increased activity — pulling G’s at altitude, similar to what one would experience when climbing or performing intense exercise at higher altitude. They have found no indications that the symptoms were induced by anything related to the plane or its systems (based on the fact the symptoms cleared when they descended to lower altitude), but as a precaution we sent a team of engineers to Kingsville to inspect the aircraft.
Based on feedback from the Instructor Pilots, we have implemented further precautionary measures, to include:
... etc. inside
Tuesday at 12:10 PM
and inside
... Here’s the full statement Cdr. Jeannie Groeneveld of Naval Air Forces gave us last night:
T-45C flights resumed on Tuesday, with only our most experienced instructor pilots flying, after being briefed on updated mitigations and operating procedures. Our primary goal is to learn how our pilots adapt to the new mask configuration and to identify potential concerns. Since resuming flight operations we have had one crew report minor post-flight symptoms (this was one flight out of 92 flown over the two days). During their flight, the two instructors flew to the maximum altitude allowed with the new mask (10,000 feet cabin altitude) and conducted dynamic flight maneuvers, surpassing 4 Gs, to better understand the limitations of the new procedures.
Our interviewed the pilots to understand exactly what they experienced and what may have caused their symptoms (minor headaches). After the in-depth interview and given that the aircrew’s symptoms subsided as they descended, the medical team has assessed that the discomfort was due to increased activity — pulling G’s at altitude, similar to what one would experience when climbing or performing intense exercise at higher altitude. They have found no indications that the symptoms were induced by anything related to the plane or its systems (based on the fact the symptoms cleared when they descended to lower altitude), but as a precaution we sent a team of engineers to Kingsville to inspect the aircraft.
Based on feedback from the Instructor Pilots, we have implemented further precautionary measures, to include:
- Maximum flight altitude of 5,000 MSL, pilots are limited to less than 2Gs when flying.
- We are reevaluating the new mask configuration based on feedback aircrew conveyed after their flights.