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Researchers use unique wind tunnel to determine impact of hypersonic speeds
Posted on: Mon Jan 7th, 2008 | afmc.af.mil
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Funding provided by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research has resulted in the world's only quiet hypersonic wind tunnel, which researchers are now using to test the performance of vehicles traveling at hypersonic speeds, or approximately 4,000 mph.
Posted on: Mon Jan 7th, 2008 | afmc.af.mil
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Funding provided by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research has resulted in the world's only quiet hypersonic wind tunnel, which researchers are now using to test the performance of vehicles traveling at hypersonic speeds, or approximately 4,000 mph.
AFRL, Boeing Demonstrate That UAVs Can Perform Automated Aerial Refueling
Posted on: Tue Dec 4th, 2007 | Boeing
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 04, 2007 -- Can an unmanned air vehicle be made smart enough to autonomously rendezvous with a tanker aircraft and refuel? Based on recently concluded flight tests by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and Boeing [NYSE: BA], it can.
Posted on: Tue Dec 4th, 2007 | Boeing
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 04, 2007 -- Can an unmanned air vehicle be made smart enough to autonomously rendezvous with a tanker aircraft and refuel? Based on recently concluded flight tests by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and Boeing [NYSE: BA], it can.
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C-17 alternative fuel research tests to begin
Posted on: Thu Sep 6th, 2007 | AFPN
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AFPN) -- Air Mobility Command's chief scientist is now turning his attention to tests certify Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft to use an alternative fuel mix, which was certified for B-52 Stratofortess Aug. 8.
Posted on: Thu Sep 6th, 2007 | AFPN
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AFPN) -- Air Mobility Command's chief scientist is now turning his attention to tests certify Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft to use an alternative fuel mix, which was certified for B-52 Stratofortess Aug. 8.
Search Continues For Missing US Adventurer
Posted on: Wed Sep 5th, 2007 | Voice of America
Officials and volunteers in the western U.S. state of Nevada will resume their search Wednesday for missing American adventurer Steve Fossett.
Posted on: Wed Sep 5th, 2007 | Voice of America
Officials and volunteers in the western U.S. state of Nevada will resume their search Wednesday for missing American adventurer Steve Fossett.
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Aviation Adventurer Steve Fossett Missing
Posted on: Tue Sep 4th, 2007 | abcnews.go.com
An air search is under way for record-breaking adventurer Steve Fossett, who was last seen Monday morning taking off from a private Nevada airstrip in a small, single-engine aircraft, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Posted on: Tue Sep 4th, 2007 | abcnews.go.com
An air search is under way for record-breaking adventurer Steve Fossett, who was last seen Monday morning taking off from a private Nevada airstrip in a small, single-engine aircraft, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
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