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The U.S. Air Force conducted an extraordinary exercise to evaluate their ability to deploy a large aircraft formation.

Up to 30 C-130 Hercules and almost 10 C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft with and other special aircraft (included E8 Joint Star) took off from a dozen bases around the United States as part of the extraordinary and massive exercise.

The exercise conducted for testing the pilot’s abilities to fly in a large formation and to simulate a mission to get into enemy territory and drop U.S. Army paratroopers, who would then establish a presence on the ground.

The value of a exercise of this magnitude allows the armed forces the opportunity to see training completed on a smaller scale now executed of a larger, more real world scenario. The annual mobility exercise allows the airlift wing the chance to perform almost every aspect of a combat mission including intelligence development, aircraft loading and launch, airdrops and special operations and landings on semi-prepared runways.

Meteor can fly in any weather condition at over four times the speed of sound. It has been designed to defeat all current and known future threats, including combat aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles or missiles. The range of the weapon is classified, but it will eventually operate from the F-35 Lightning stealth jet.
The missile - weighing 185kgs and measuring 3.7m long - uses an air-breathing ramjet to boost the weapon away from the launch aircraft. It then remains under power until warhead detonation, giving the missile the energy to pursue and destroy the fastest and most agile aircraft.
The warhead carries impact and proximity fuses so targets can be destroyed even if the missile does not score a direct hit.

Some kirjutas:Et miskit suurt lärmi kolmapäeval ei tõusnud siis järelikult läks mööda. Kehv reklaam

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Some kirjutas:Et miskit suurt lärmi kolmapäeval ei tõusnud siis järelikult läks mööda. Kehv reklaam

See ei pruugi tähendada raketi väljalaskmist.

Kapten Trumm kirjutas:Briti Typhoonidel oli mingi segane lugu kahuriga, võimalik, et see raketilask oli hoiatuseks, kuna kahurit polnud/lasta ei saanud.

Tavaliselt kasutatakse rahuajal hoiatuslaskudeks trasseriga kahurimoona, tulistades sihtmärgist üle.

The MoD has confirmed that in response to an incident last Wednesday, RAF Typhoon jets equipped with the new Meteor missile launched in defence of UK airspace.

RAF Typhoons maintain a constant state of readiness to defend the sovereignty of British skies. Quick Reaction Alert jets based at RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland are regularly scrambled to deter Russian aircraft approaching UK airspace over the North Sea.

The exact nature of last week's incident remained classified.

The latest air-to-air missiles in the RAF's armoury have been flown operationally for the first time.

Scores of soldiers deployed to Europe could be on the hook after purchasing airline tickets home for the holidays, only to learn that their leave was never fully approved.

The 4th Combat Aviation Brigade out of Fort Carson, Colo., is nearing the end of a nine-month deployment in support of the U.S. military’s effort to reinforce NATO’s eastern flank. In November, troops were told by their brigade commander that holiday leave was approved, allowing for soldiers to return home, according to U.S. Army WTF Moments — a site where troops often vent about military snafus.

The problem: whatever informal approval 4th CAB commander Col. Scott Gallaway thought he’d received hadn’t been cleared up the U.S. Army Europe chain of command, the website reported.

Policy states that deployed units are not authorized ordinary leave and an exception must be granted, according to USAREUR.

“Due to mission requirements, an exception was not supportable,” USAREUR spokeswoman Beth Clemons said. “Unfortunately, many soldiers purchased tickets before the leave approval process was complete.”

The Army has assigned refund coordinators to each of the brigade’s battalions to help soldiers try to get their money back, Clemons said.

At a time when the Pentagon is looking for ways to beef up their current military capabilities to counter potential Russian aggressions, the US Army is moving along with plans to expand its fleet of artillery launchers.

In separate announcements posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website on 26 December, the service said it plans to purchase additional high-mobility artillery rocket systems (HIMARS), and expand and upgrade its Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Fleet.

For the HIMARS, the army plans to award Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control with full-rate production contract 10-14. The contract, covering a 12-month base with four option years, will cover the procurement of up to 343 new M142 HIMARS launchers and additional support.

USArmyEurope announced (...) that it would add another 1,500 troops (...) incl. a field artillery brigade headquarters, two MLRS battalions and supporting units at Grafenwohr, a SHORAD battalion at Ansbach and other supporting units at Hohenfels and Baumholder

Euroopa heidutagu ise Venemaad!