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  1. _Del_

    Ejection seat lawsuit

    https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2022/09/13/an-f-16-pilot-died-when-his-ejection-seat-failed-was-it-counterfeit/ Lovely.
    • _Del_
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    • 2020 2022 department of defense united states united states air force
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: The Bar
  2. isayyo2

    American Response to the R-36 - Titan II Successor

    A more theoretical question than alternative history, was there any interest within SAC to develop a "Heavy" ICBM to match the R-36's capabilities? If so, could it fit within the existing Titan II launch sites? Titan II and R-36 are somewhat surprisingly similar in diameter and height, though...
  3. njiiaf

    Ideal USAF air superiority fighter for the Vietnam War.

    As we all know, the USAF went into Vietnam without a dedicated air superiority fighter and suffered for it, particularly in the early years with unreliable sparrows/sidewinders, no cannons on the Phantoms, and inadequate BFM training. Que the arrival of the F-4E, along with better missiles and...
  4. Flyaway

    Defense Support Program (DSP)

    https://thespacereview.com/article/4440/1
    • Flyaway
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    • aerojet general aerospace defense command air force space command air force systems command cold war early 21st century international telephone & telegraph late 20th century martin marietta north american aerospace defense command post-cold war raytheon space and missile systems organization (usaf) space systems division spacecom trw united states air force united states space force
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  5. RavenOne

    EA-37B (ex EC-37B) Compass Call

    A sneak preview of USAF new EC-37B Compass Call visiting David-Monthan today, according to Offutt AFB Public Affairs. Cheers
    • RavenOne
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    • air combat command airborne command post cold war ii continuity of government electronic warfare united states united states air force united states navy
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  6. Dynoman

    Victory over the Trigonist Aggressor

    After WWII the US military developed a large scale exercise using a fake country called Aggressor. They were known as the Trigonist (see Circle Trigonist link, their flag, manuals, etc.) and the military developed a plethora of information and documentation to support these operations. I thought...
  7. overscan (PaulMM)

    McDonnell Model 103 nuclear-armed air-to-air missile

    Associated with McDonnell-Douglas' Long Range Interceptor (LRI) studies in 1954. Drawing is of the Model 111A weapons bay which could carry 3. Model Description Date Model 103A AIR TO AIR MISSILE CARRYING SPECIAL WARHEAD. 24000LB. THRUST MOTOR. LENGTH 110 INCHES. FIXED FINS. SOLID ROCKET...
  8. overscan (PaulMM)

    SOR 182 / System 476L - contenders for C-141

    Boeing https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/boeing-model-731-for-system-476l-c-141-rival.21959 Douglas https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/douglas-d-2085-logistic-transport-support-system-ss-476l.20057/ Lockheed...
  9. X-39

    Attritable unmanned USAF long-range bomber concept (2022)

    https://www.airforcemag.com/details-emerge-on-new-unmanned-long-range-bomber-and-fighter-projects/ So uuh... Supersonic?
    • X-39
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    • 2022 bomber cold war ii drone early 2020s ucav united states air force unmanned air system unmanned air vehicle
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  10. A

    GA-ASI Gambit

    https://breakingdefense.com/2022/03/general-atomics-debuts-gambit-drone-for-air-forces-unmanned-sensor-contest/ View: https://twitter.com/IntelWalrus/status/1499204727438987266 https://www.ga-asi.com/ga-asi-introduces-gambit
  11. C

    AGM-109 dispenser

    unknow source
  12. C

    F-14 forced on the USAF

    What would happen if the usaf f-15 project was canceled by congress and the usaf was forced to use the navys f-14 like what had happened with the f-4.
    • Cjc
    • Thread
    • 1970s 1980s adcom aerospace defense command alternate history cold war improved manned interceptor program united states air force united states navy variable geometry vfx
    • Replies: 75
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  13. TomS

    Radian SSTO Spaceplane

    Here we go again, folks. Aerospace company chasing VC money with promise of a miracle -- SSTO from a runway to space and back. This time, for sure, Rocky. https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/radian-announces-plans-to-build-one-of-the-holy-grails-of-spaceflight/
    • TomS
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    • aeronautics research center (air force academy) aerospace aerospace industry cold war ii early 2020s radian aerospace single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane ssto united states united states air force
    • Replies: 47
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  14. V

    US Air Force orders the Convair Model 6 ultra-heavy airlifter

    I read that Convair proposed the Model 6 heavy-lift transport as a derivative of the Advanced C-99 project with the backswept wings and tail surfaces from the YB-60 competitor to the B-52, and I wanted to ask what the course of US heavy-lift capability during the early Cold War would have been...
  15. P

    USAF Lunex Spacecraft (1958)

  16. RAP

    Lenticular Reentry Manned Bombardment Vehicle

    From DTIC report AD0333266 Environmental Control Systems Selection for Manned Space Vehicles USAF 1962.
    • RAP
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    • cold war north american aviation space age space race strategic air command united states united states air force
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  17. N

    McDonnell ADM-20 Quail decoy

    Does anyone have any links or documents concerning technical data about the ADM-20 Quail?
    • NMaude
    • Thread
    • cold war strategic air command united states air force usaf
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  18. isayyo2

    No B-1: Alternative SAC's

    Inspired by the Projects that should have been killed at birth thread's recent conversation about the B-1s futility/utility I thought I'd make a "What If" thread if the AMSA/B-1 program never saw flight. So for whatever reason the AMSA program is not revived by the Nixon Administration...
  19. Forest Green

    HAWC (Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept) and HACM (Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile)

    This doesn't really fit ARRW or PGSW, so I started a new thread.
    • Forest Green
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    • 2020s air force research laboratory darpa united states united states air force
    • Replies: 228
    • Forum: Military
  20. B

    "Improved F-5" and STOL F-5, from 1964

    I have come across an article from Air Force Magazine (link below) about the F-5 dated December 1964 that briefly talks about two variants of the F-5 apparently being offered at the time. First, an improved F-5A with slightly higher thrust ("J85-13/J5", 4300 lbf, 220 lbf higher than the...
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