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The Air Force as a whole has realized that sometimes people struggle, and that not all of the things that we carry home with us are things you can see. Dealing with coming back ... https://www.aerotechnews.com//2020/12/01/coming-home-whole/

On This Date, Dec. 9, 1946: The XS-1 high-speed research aircraft, with a rocket engine installed, was air dropped over Rogers Dry Lake for its first powered flight. Bell Aircraft Corporation test pilot Chalmers Slick Goodlin was the pilot. For more aerospace and aviation milestones, visit https://www.aerotechnews.com/blog/2020//04/on-this-date-36/

On This Date, Dec. 8, 1962: Performance and stability tests began on the Convair B-58A Multiple Weapons Configuration program. This enabled the supersonic bomber to carry four externally mounted special weapons on under-wing pylons. For more aerospace and aviation milestones, visit https://www.aerotechnews.com/blog/2020//04/on-this-date-36/

BREAKING NEWS: Esper has been at odds with Trump since the summer when he pushed back against the president’s plan to use active duty troops to squash protests ...around the United States, as well as Esper’s reluctance to withdraw troops from overseas engagements under the timelines Trump wanted. https://www.aerotechnews.com//trump-fires-secretary-of-de/

The Chang’e 5 probe successfully landed at its planned site, state TV and news agencies reported, citing the China National Space Administration. They didn’t immediately https://www.aerotechnews.com//change-spacecraft-lands-on-/

The bodies were found at Fort Bragg in North Carolina on Dec. 2, and officials said their deaths were not related to official unit training. https://www.aerotechnews.com//army-ids-2-bodies-found-at-/

Bushwhacker 20-07, the 355th Wing’s dynamic force employment and agile combat employment exercise, demonstrates the ability to wield combat power and rapidly deploy.... https://www.aerotechnews.com//05/bushwhacker-20-07-kickoff/

On This Date, Nov. 9, 1946: The Lockheed XR60-1 Constitution made its first flight, a 45-minute flight from the Lockheed Air Terminal in Burbank, Calif., to Muroc Army Airfield. Joe Towle and Tony LeVier flew the aircraft. Ordered by the Navy, the XR60-1 was a very large, double-deck transport powered by four 3,000 hp P&W Wasp radial engines. For more aerospace and aviation milestones, visit https://www.aerotechnews.com/blog/2020//06/on-this-date-32/

This HQ-90 named Lewis is a hybrid vertical takeoff and landing fixed-wing remotely piloted aircraft featuring an 8-to 22-pound payload capacity. The aircraft has a long-endurance flight time.... https://www.aerotechnews.com//hq-90-arrives-at-nasas-arms/

On This Date, Nov. 8, 1951: The Air Force completed qualitative handling tests of the Bell X-5 (s/n 838) and delivered it to NACA for its research program. For more aerospace and aviation milestones, visit https://www.aerotechnews.com/blog/2020//06/on-this-date-32/

On Veterans Day, veterans value the gathering of those around them, which helps to ease their sense loss and suffering as they remember those who served beside them. Our commemorations send a message that service to country comes at a very high price.... https://www.aerotechnews.com//high-desert-hangar-stories-/

On This Date, Nov. 8, 1950: During the Korean War, the first jet-plane battle took place as U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Russell J. Brown shot down a North Korean MiG-15. Brown, flying an F-80C Shooting Star, shot down the MiG near Sinuiju, a North Korean city that lay along the Yalu River. For more aerospace and aviation milestones, visit https://www.aerotechnews.com/blog/2020//06/on-this-date-32/

On This Date, Nov. 7, 2000: The X-35A accomplished its first aerial refueling. During its 10th flight, the JSF demonstrator completed four refueling operations from a KC-135 at 23,000 feet and verified its compatibility with the tanker’s flow-field wake and refueling boom. For more aerospace and aviation milestones, visit https://www.aerotechnews.com/blog/2020//06/on-this-date-32/

On This Date, Nov. 7, 1963: Limited performance handling and tank jettison evaluations of the UH-1B Huey with 60-gallon external tanks began. This was one of six follow-on qualitative tests being conducted on the attack helicopter for the Army during this period. For more aerospace and aviation milestones, visit https://www.aerotechnews.com/blog/2020//06/on-this-date-32/

This month, Americans around the world exercised their right to vote, whether that was on Election Day, or through absentee ballot or early voting. Americans off-world also have the opportunity to participate in democracy.... https://www.aerotechnews.com//how-nasa-transmits-votes-fr/

On This Date, Nov. 7, 1956: The first ejection test of the F-101A ejection seat was conducted on the Edwards AFB High Speed Track, at a velocity of Mach 0.78. For more aerospace and aviation milestones, visit https://www.aerotechnews.com/blog/2020//06/on-this-date-32/

Esper has been at odds with Trump since the summer when he pushed back against the president’s plan to use active duty troops to squash protests around the United States. It also appears that Esper is working with lawmakers to include language in the upcoming National Defense Authorization Act to strip the names of Confederate leaders from.... https://www.aerotechnews.com//defense-secretary-planning-/

Increasingly, free and open access to space is under threat. Though the United States will not be the aggressor in space, we will, we must, build a Space Force to defend our space interests, Barrett said in a virtual address at Space Symposium 365, an influential gathering of space advocates from government, commerce and defense sponsored by https://www.aerotechnews.com//barrett-raymond-highlight-s/