Anonymous ID: a9b846 Aug. 24, 2021, 8:19 a.m. No.85939   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>5946 >>5970 >>5995

DAGGR55 USAF Dornier 328 south from Centennial Airport Denver and circling Colorado Springs at 24k ft

 

from 2015

Meet the U.S. Air Force’s Commando Test Plane

The twin-engined Dornier 328–100 — nicknamed the “Cougar” — looks plain on the outside, but is full of sophisticated hardware on the inside.

 

It’s the Air Force’s special commando test aircraft, and it’s where engineers test sensors, weapons and other gear meant for gunships, spy planes and other aircraft.

 

The Cougar is set up to be modular, so almost anything can be inserted into various internal bays and fixed pods, or strapped onto the fuselage using various mounting points. In May 2015, U.S. Air Force Col. Eric Forsyth described the plane’s internal details at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference in Tampa, Florida. Those details include:

  • Two external sponsons (750 lbs max)

  • Modular fuselage antenna bays (1 top / 2 bottom)

  • Ku-Band BLOS [beyond line of sight] satellite data link system

  • Nose available for antenna/sensor mount

  • Two reconfigurable operator workstations

With jacks for power, Ethernet, GPS and other linkages, engineers can easily install all sorts of gear. These systems would potentially be able to run long-range radars, powerful cameras, high-powered radios, laser range finders and more. The Cougar can carry all of these equipment up to an altitude of more than 30,000 feet. The plane itself can fly more than 1,000 miles at a speed of nearly 400 miles per hour. In 2014, the Air Force bought the plane from Nevada-based aerospace contractor Sierra Nevada Corporation. The ultra-secretive 645th Aerospace Systems Group — more commonly known by its nickname Big Safari — currently owns the Cougar.

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https://medium.com/war-is-boring/meet-the-u-s-air-force-s-commando-test-plane-ba594f07c48b

Anonymous ID: a9b846 Aug. 24, 2021, 8:53 a.m. No.85945   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>5946 >>5951 >>5970 >>5995

United Airlines UAL2578 777 on ground at Dulles Int'l from Ramstein AFB departure.

Departed Al Udeid AB prior to arriving at Ramstein

 

United Airlines completes first Afghanistan rescue mission

 

The flight landed at Dulles International Airport with approximately 340 American military personnel, civilians and Afghan evacuees onboard.

 

United Airlines has completed its first flight as part of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet, which is assisting in the effort to evacuate American citizens and personnel, Special Immigrant Visa applicants, and other at-risk individuals from Afghanistan. The flight landed at Dulles International Airport with approximately 340 American military personnel, civilians and Afghan evacuees onboard. The mission operated as UA2578 on a Boeing 777-300.

 

Video footage and photos shared by United show Dulles International Airport employees passing out water, food, clothing and other supplies which were brought onto the plane as the flight's passengers awaited entry into the United States.A United spokesperson told FOX Business that more than 8,000 of its employees have come forward looking to assist with Afghanistan evacuation efforts, including pilots, flight attendants, aviation maintenance technicians and employees who speak Dari, Farsi and Pashtu working as interpreters on flights. In addition, United has a team in both Washington, D.C., and Chicago working to source supplies and provide support to airports across the world.

 

According to the latest figures from the White House, approximately 58,700 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan by the United States since Aug. 14. Since the end of July, approximately 63,900 people have been relocated.

 

Between Aug. 23 at 3 a.m. Eastern time and Aug. 24 at 3 a.m. Eastern time, approximately 21,600 people were evacuated from Kabul as a result of 37 military flights. The flights were made up of 32 C-17s and 5 C-130s, which carried approximately 12,700 evacuees, and 57 coalition flights, which carried 8,900 people.

 

Other airlines assisting with Afghanistan evacuations as part of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet include American Airlines, Atlas Air, Delta Air Lines and Omni Air and Hawaiian Airlines.

https://video.foxbusiness.com/v/6269309632001#sp=show-clips

Anonymous ID: a9b846 Aug. 24, 2021, 9 a.m. No.85947   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Royal Australian AF BONDI71 C-17 followed by RAF NAG93XT and RCH844 C-17s heading into Paki

169230 USAF C-130 Hercules behind doze

61-0293 USAF KC-135 tanker coming out