U.S. F-22 Stealth Jets Simulate Dogfights With Norway’s F-35 Warplanes

Norwegian Air Force Major Morten Hanche, who piloted one of the Norwegian F-35s, said the mock fight with the F-22s was great practice, especially since the F-35s generally surprise and overpower other non-stealthy aircraft.
He declined to name the winning aircraft, saying only: “The F-22 is a very formidable opponent.”

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Turkey will eventually have them back. That is still the most probable hypothesis today (jokes aside). It will be interesting to see how the situation evolves with the training of their pilots. Since this was halted, if this is prolonged too much it does not make much sense for them to not postpone their order on subsequent latter blocks.

Evangelical U.S. Air Force General Has Secretly Been Running a Christian Online Ministry in Possible Violation of Rules: Exclusive

The Air Force brigadier general newly in charge of one of the nation’s most celebrated and elite Air Force wings has been running an online evangelical Christian ministry for the last five years—in violation of Air Force and Defense Department rules about religious proselytizing […]
Teichert, who flew combat missions over Iraq and the former Yugoslavia, according to his official bio, runs a website called Prayers at Lunchtime for the United States (PLUS). On it, in addition to short essays on Bible passages, and calls to pray to make America more Christian, he identifies himself only as “John.” The website doesn’t mention Edwards Air Force Base, but Teichert recently posted a picture of his newly acquired general’s epaulet star, alongside a note about his new rank on the PLUS site.

Source:
Newsweek.com

Much more appropriate than a laser frying/blinding half the public such as the ones showcased by some strange dudes. Remember that MW inter-actions with the target is frequency dominated which lead to some interesting application at less the power. The downside is the beam dispersion (imagine a cone with its opening angle varying in function of the distance and power).

SR-71 engines are turbo-stato: at high Mach the 2 stato produce gradually most of the propulsive power.

Well, let’s see it that way: the A-7 was a fantastic asset and it didn’t super cruise (wasn’t even supersonic). It all depends on your intends.

Cargo Bases in Space: Air Force General Wants Them Within a Decade

Everhart said the Air Force would likely propose major investments in space cargo in the next Program Objective Memorandum.

“I would like to introduce that, or at least start getting the initial resources done in the next POM cycle. You know me, I’d like to get it in 2020. Honestly 2022 is too late,” he said. “I want it now. I’ve got to get these concepts now … This is the avenue for the future. If I can get it introduced and start the concepts right now, I’ll do it with my own money, I’m going to do it.”

Source:
Defenseone.com