March 11, 2023 Military Aviation News

F-22 Raptors Rearmed in Demonstration of ACE Capabilities

03/11/2023

Hawaii - Total-Force weapons specialists from 154th and 15th wings rearmed F-22 Raptors at the Pacific Missile Range Facility for the first time March 8-9, demonstrating their ACE capabilities. The maneuver operation was part of a larger Joint Base Readiness Exercise carried out by Hawaii Air National Guard and Active-Duty Airmen stationed at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

Russia has been sending some US-provided weapons captured in Ukraine to Iran, sources say

03/11/2023

Russia has been capturing some of the US and NATO-provided weapons and equipment left on the battlefield in Ukraine and sending them to Iran, where the US believes Tehran will try to reverse-engineer the systems, four sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

Ukrainian pilot nicknamed ‘Skywalker’ says he’s ready to save lives with new jets

03/11/2023

Yuriy, who earnt the nickname ‘Skywalker’ in the UK, told Metro.co.uk that it is an ‘honour’ to fly despite knowing that ‘every day could be your last’ due to Russia’s numerical and technological superiority in the skies. He described the sensation of flying combat missions as like multiplying everyday stress by ‘100 or 1,000’ but sees it as his duty to fight for the freedom of his family and other Ukrainians.

AIM-120 missiles for Ukrainian fighters?

03/11/2023

In the United States, discussions are reportedly underway for a possible delivery of AIM-120 AMRAAM medium-range air-to-air missiles to equip Ukrainian combat aircraft. The use of this missile would be advantageous in several ways for Ukrainian pilots, but it would first be necessary to resolve numerous technical problems concerning the use of this American missile on Soviet-designed aircraft.

Dispersed But Resilient: Air Force Gets to Work on New Basing Construct Under ACE

03/11/2023

Last month, the Air Force’s evolving Agile Combat Employment (ACE) doctrine received arguably its most rigorous test yet in the annual Cope North exercise, as Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps fighter and bomber aircraft, backed by aerial refuelers and airborne early warning and control aircraft and supported by Japanese fighters and French and Australian transports, fanned out across 1,200 miles of ocean and far-flung Pacific islands.

Russia Removed MiG-31’s Radar & Used A-50 AWACS To Strike Ukraine; Now Forced To Rely On Ground Control For Combat Ops – UK MoD

03/11/2023

Days after a Russian A-50 Beriev (Mainstay) early warning aircraft came under attack by an unmanned aerial system (UAS), a new set of claims regarding the contentious attack—which may have dealt a blow to Russia—have been made in a latest UK intelligence update.

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