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Author: Source Wikipedia Publisher: University-Press.org ISBN: 9781230520414 Category : Languages : en Pages : 26
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, Northrop YF-23, Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Boeing EA-18G Growler, Lockheed YF-22. Excerpt: The Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor is a single-seat, twin-engine fifth-generation supermaneuverable fighter aircraft that uses stealth technology. It was designed primarily as an air superiority fighter, but has additional capabilities that include ground attack, electronic warfare, and signals intelligence roles. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics is the prime contractor and is responsible for the majority of the airframe, weapon systems and final assembly of the F-22. Program partner Boeing Defense, Space & Security provides the wings, aft fuselage, avionics integration, and all of the pilot and maintenance training systems. The aircraft was variously designated F-22 and F/A-22 during the years prior to formally entering USAF service in December 2005 as the F-22A. Despite a protracted and costly development period, the United States Air Force considers the F-22 a critical component of US tactical air power, and claims that the aircraft is unmatched by any known or projected fighter, while Lockheed Martin claims that the Raptor's combination of stealth, speed, agility, precision and situational awareness, combined with air-to-air and air-to-ground combat capabilities, makes it the best overall fighter in the world today. Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, Chief of the Australian Defence Force, said in 2004 that the "F-22 will be the most outstanding fighter plane ever built." The high cost of the aircraft, a lack of clear air-to-air combat missions because of delays in the Russian and Chinese fifth generation fighter programs, a US ban on Raptor exports, and the ongoing development of the supposedly cheaper and more versatile F-35 resulted in calls to end F-22 production. In April 2009 the US...
Author: Source Wikipedia Publisher: University-Press.org ISBN: 9781230520414 Category : Languages : en Pages : 26
Book Description
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, Northrop YF-23, Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Boeing EA-18G Growler, Lockheed YF-22. Excerpt: The Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor is a single-seat, twin-engine fifth-generation supermaneuverable fighter aircraft that uses stealth technology. It was designed primarily as an air superiority fighter, but has additional capabilities that include ground attack, electronic warfare, and signals intelligence roles. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics is the prime contractor and is responsible for the majority of the airframe, weapon systems and final assembly of the F-22. Program partner Boeing Defense, Space & Security provides the wings, aft fuselage, avionics integration, and all of the pilot and maintenance training systems. The aircraft was variously designated F-22 and F/A-22 during the years prior to formally entering USAF service in December 2005 as the F-22A. Despite a protracted and costly development period, the United States Air Force considers the F-22 a critical component of US tactical air power, and claims that the aircraft is unmatched by any known or projected fighter, while Lockheed Martin claims that the Raptor's combination of stealth, speed, agility, precision and situational awareness, combined with air-to-air and air-to-ground combat capabilities, makes it the best overall fighter in the world today. Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, Chief of the Australian Defence Force, said in 2004 that the "F-22 will be the most outstanding fighter plane ever built." The high cost of the aircraft, a lack of clear air-to-air combat missions because of delays in the Russian and Chinese fifth generation fighter programs, a US ban on Raptor exports, and the ongoing development of the supposedly cheaper and more versatile F-35 resulted in calls to end F-22 production. In April 2009 the US...
Author: Joseph R. Chambers Publisher: ISBN: Category : Aeronautics, Military Languages : en Pages : 268
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Established in 1917 as the nation#s first civil aeronautics research laboratory under the National Advisory Commit-tee for Aeronautics (NACA), Langley was a small laboratory that solved the problems of flight for military and civil aviation. Throughout history, Langley has maintained a working partnership with the Department of Defense, U.S. industry, universities, and other government agencies to support the defense of the nation with research. During World War II, Langley directed virtually all of its workforce and facilities to research for military aircraft. Following the war, a balanced program of military and civil projects was undertaken. In some instances Langley research from one aircraft program helped solve a problem in another. At the conclusion of some programs, Langley obtained the research models for additional tests to learn more about previously unknown phenomena. The data also proved useful in later developmental programs. Many of the military aircraft in the U.S. inventory as of late 1999 were over 20 years old. Langley activities that contributed to the development of some of these aircraft began over 50 years prior. This publication documents the role, from early concept stages to problem solving for fleet aircraft, that Langley played in the military aircraft fleet of the United States for the 1990's.
Author: Gordon B. Greer Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 0595850227 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 150
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Mr. Greer outlines the not well-known aircraft and activities of the United States Air Force's all-weather fighters during the first part of the Cold War. He covers the organization, development and decline of the all-weather force in response to the Soviet Union's long-range strategic bomber force equipped with atomic weapons. The author describes not only the individual aircraft from the early night fighters of World War II through the F-106A of the seventies and beyond but also the control organization that directed them until the whole operation was made superfluous by the ballistic missile standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union in the latter half of the Cold War.
Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Publisher: ISBN: 9781521402436 Category : Languages : en Pages : 226
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This NASA documents the contributions of Langley Research Center to specific military aircraft that were operational in the 1990's. Virtually all military aircraft that participated in Operation Desert Storm, Kosovo, and other peacekeeping missions of this era have Langley technical contributions to their design, development, and support. In some instances Langley research from one aircraft development program helped to solve a problem in another development program. At the conclusion of some development programs, Langley researchers obtained the research models to conduct additional tests to learn more about previously unknown phenomena. These data also proved useful in later developmental programs. Perhaps the most consistent element in all of the research programs is the length of time for the development and maturation of new research concepts before they are implemented in new aircraft. Many of the military aircraft in the U.S. inventory as of late 1999 were over 20 years old. Langley activities that contributed to the development of some of these aircraft began over 50 years prior. This publication documents the role--from early concept stages to problem solving for fleet aircraft--that Langley played in the military aircraft fleet of the United States for the 1990's. The declassification of documents and other material has provided an opportunity to record the contributions of Langley personnel and facilities and discuss the impact of these contributions on Department of Defense aircraft programs.BAI Exdrone BQM-147A * Highlights of Research by Langley for the Exdrone * Langley Contributions to the Exdrone BQM-147A * Background * Langley Research Efforts * Subsequent Exdrone Vehicle Applications * Boeing AV-8 Harrier * Highlights of Research by Langley for the AV-8 * Langley Contributions to the AV-8 * Background * Contributions to the P.1127 * Contributions to the Kestrel * Contributions to the AV-8 * Boeing C-17 Globemaster III * Highlights of Research by Langley for the C-17 * Langley Contributions to the C-17 * The CX Competition * The Externally Blown Flap Concept * TheYC-15 * The C-17 Supercritical Wing, Winglets, and Aerodynamic Studies * Composite Materials * Fly-by-Wire Control System * Avoiding the Deep Stall * Recognition Visit * Boeing F/A-18 Hornet * Highlights of Research by Langley for the F/A-18 * Langley Contributions to the F/A-18 * Vortex Lift and Maneuvering Flaps * Development of the YF-17 * F/A-18A to F/A-18D * Development of the F/A-18 * Cruise Drag * High-Angle-Of-Attack, Spin, and Spin Recovery Characteristics * The NASA High-Angle-Of-Attack Technology Program * The Falling-Leaf Maneuver * Flutter Clearance and Tail Buffet * Thrust-Vectoring Research * F/A-18E/F * The Super Hornet * Cruise Performance * Redesign of the Leading-Edge Extension * High-Angle-Of-Attack Characteristics * Spin Tunnel and Drop-Model Tests * Flutter Tests * Wing Drop * Boeing T-45 Goshawk * Highlights of Research by Langley for the T-45 * Langley Contributions to the T-45 * Early Configuration Development * Stall Characteristics * Spin Characteristics * Ground Handling * Inlet Performance * Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II * Highlights of Research by Langley for the A-10 * Langley Contributions to the A-10 * The A-X Competition Spin Recovery * General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark * Highlights of Research by Langley for the F-111 * Langley Contributions to the F-111 * The Variable-Sweep Wing Concept * The Tactical Fighter Experimental (TFX) Program * Aerodynamic Performance * Propulsion Integration * High-Angle-of-Attack Characteristics * Spin Recovery * Flutter Tests * Crew Escape Module. * Wing Box Problem
Author: Alex M. Wallis Publisher: ISBN: Category : Command and control systems Languages : en Pages : 0
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"This study covers the development of the weapons controller career field as it occurred in the United States Air Force after World War II. Beginning with the development of the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) and weapons controllers’ interactions with its various components and concluding with the 1999 Congressional approval to make Air Battle Managers rated and therefore permanently winged aviators, this history covers the different technological and organizational interactions that contributed to this evolution. This timespan breaks into four eras that capture how technology-enabled weapons controllers expanded capabilities and how global events influenced the direction of growth. The first chapter covers the development of SAGE in response to the rising Russian bomber threats. Chapter 1 concludes that weapons controllers leveraged emerging computing technology to start thinking ahead of the immediate situation, managing not only controlling individual airplanes but also evaluating the battlespace to see where these fighters might go after an engagement. Controllers that were thinking forward allowed aircraft to move seamlessly from one engagement to another, preserving time and, therefore, precious fuel resources, giving them an advantage when approaching the adversary. Chapter 2 discusses how enhanced mobility afforded by the EC-121 allowed weapons controllers to contribute to operations away from fixed theaters and develop skills not directly captured in then-standard doctrine. Next, the author discusses the role AWACS, the F-15, and the Fighter Weapons School played in building trust and credibility between weapons controllers and pilots, magnifying the lethality of the Air Force’s newest fighter aircraft. Finally, the events of the turbulent 1990s are discussed to show how the convergence of world events, organizational culture, and mission requirements influenced the recategorization of weapons controllers as rated aviators and opened the door for newly renamed air battle managers to serve at the very highest ranks."--Abstract.
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing ISBN: 1428990488 Category : Languages : en Pages : 228
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In February 1999, only a few weeks before the U.S. Air Force spearheaded NATO's Allied Force air campaign against Serbia, Col. C.R. Anderegg, USAF (Ret.), visited the commander of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe. Colonel Anderegg had known Gen. John Jumper since they had served together as jet forward air controllers in Southeast Asia nearly thirty years earlier. From the vantage point of 1999, they looked back to the day in February 1970, when they first controlled a laser-guided bomb strike. In this book Anderegg takes us from "glimmers of hope" like that one through other major improvements in the Air Force that came between the Vietnam War and the Gulf War. Always central in Anderegg's account of those changes are the people who made them. This is a very personal book by an officer who participated in the transformation he describes so vividly. Much of his story revolves around the Fighter Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada, where he served two tours as an instructor pilot specializing in guided munitions.
Author: U. S. Military Publisher: ISBN: 9781549832024 Category : Languages : en Pages : 379
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This is the definitive official history of U.S. Navy aviation from its inception through 2010. United States naval aviation celebrated more than 100 years of service in 2010. Its story as told in these two volumes had its origins in the 1950s. The book was first published as United States Naval Aviation 1910-1960 and celebrated the first 50 years of naval aviation. Two subsequent editions added the decades of the 60s and 70s. A fourth edition brought the chronology up to 1995. This is the fifth update. Previous editions have proved an invaluable first-stop tool to aviation, naval, and military historians. This edition breaks U.S. naval aviation history into two volumes: Vol. I Chronology and Vol. II Statistics. Both have been greatly expanded over the previous edition beyond simply including years not previously covered. New and expanded research make these the definitive volumes on U.S. naval aviation's first century. Chapter 1 A Few Pioneers 1898-1916 * Chapter 2 Test of Strength 1917-1919 * Chapter 3 The Roaring Twenties 1920-1929 * Chapter 4 The Great Depression 1930-1939 * Chapter 5 World War II 1940-1945 * Chapter 6 The Cold War 1946-1949 * Chapter 7 The Korean War 1950-1953 * Chapter 8 The New Navy 1954-1959 * Chapter 9 On The Brink 1960-1969 * Chapter 10 Defeat and Decline 1970-1979 * Chapter 11 The 600-Ship Navy 1980-1989 * Chapter 12 From the Sea 1990-1999 * Chapter 13 The Dawn of the Twenty-first Century 2000-2009 This volume documents the people and events that proved crucial to naval aviation's history. The work expands upon the previous chronological format by providing additional information of campaigns and technical aspects, and it provides the researcher and the Navy a more detailed account of specific subjects pertinent to better understanding its history. This edition, while attempting to maintain the professional standards established by the previous editions, also corrects errors and omissions in the preceding volumes. The United States Navy's official interest in airplanes emerged as early as 1898. That year the Navy assigned officers to sit on an interservice board to investigate the military possibilities of Samuel P. Langley's flying machine. In subsequent years naval observers attended air meets in the United States and abroad, and public demonstrations staged by Orville and Wilbur Wright in 1908 and 1909. These men became enthusiastic about the potential of airplanes as fleet scouts, and by 1909, many naval officers, including a bureau chief, urged the purchase of aircraft. The next year the Navy made a place for aviation in its organizational structure when Capt. Washington. Chambers was designated as the officer to whom all aviation matters were to be referred. Although holding no special title, he pulled together existing threads of aviation interest within the Navy and gave official recognition to the proposals of inventors and builders. Before the Navy had either planes or pilots, he arranged a series of tests in which civilian aircraft designer and entrepreneur Glenn H. Curtiss and Eugene B. Ely, a pilot who worked for Curtiss, dramatized the airplane's capability for shipboard operations and showed the world and a skeptical fleet that aviation could go to sea.
Author: Chris Pocock Publisher: Schiffer Publishing ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 448
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When the U-2 first took off in 1955, no one involved in its top-secret project dreamt that this unique reconnaissance aircraft would still be flying today. The long story of the Dragon Lady is amazing, and complex; this book tells it all, in unprecedented detail, from the early days overflying the Soviet Union under CIA sponsorship, to the Cuban Missile Crisis, and on to the Vietnam War. The epic missions over Communist China were flown by nationalist pilots from Taiwan. How the U-2 was improved, enlarged and put back into production - twice. It led the real-time recce revolution with data links and high-tech sensors. Then it played a key role in Desert Storm, over Bosnia and Kosovo, and most recently over Afghanistan and Iraq. According to the CIA's own historian, Chris Pocock is the foremost authority on the U-2. To write this book, he flew in the aircraft, conducted 250 interviews, and analysed more than 1,000 declassified documents.
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