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F-89 Scorpion: The Nuclear-Armed Jet Fighter That Fell Apart Mid-Air
The Northrop F-89 Scorpion, the US Air Force’s first jet-powered interceptor and the first combat aircraft armed with ...
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The F-89 Scorpion Was America’s First Interceptor Jet
Northrop built what would come to be known as the F-89 Scorpion in response to a United States Army Air Force (USAAF) specification issued in August 1945, the very last month of World War II.
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Air Force F-35 Simulator Will Let Pilots Fly in Formation, Talk to Other Aircraft
When the U.S. Air Force gets its first F-35 Lightning II distributed mission training simulator system at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, this spring, pilots will have the ability to fly virtually ...
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Data-rights fight may delay training on Air Force's new F-35 simulator
California—A fight over data may prevent U.S. Air Force pilots from training on the newest version of the F-35 when the service’s next-gen flight simulator opens next summer. Planemaker ...