The first Air Force pilots selected to fly the F-22 Raptor
without previous fighter experience entered the 63rd Fighter
Squadron for the Raptor Lead-in course Jan. 14, at Luke Air Force
Base, AZ. The four pilots are 1st Lt. Austin Skelley, 1st Lt. Ryan
Shelhorse, 1st Lt. Marcus McGinn, and 1st Lt. Dan Dickinson.
The US Navy says three members of a helicopter crew are dead, a
fourth in critical condition, after their MH-53 Sea Dragon hit the
ground and exploded in flames about 2000 CST Wednesday night near
Corpus Christi, TX.
BAE Systems has delivered five target detection systems to the
U.S. Army for use on Shadow unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). The
AURORA Generation IV remote sensing system will provide U.S. forces
with precise detection and identification of potential threats,
increasing mission capability and survivability.
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