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USAF Discusses Emerging Fifth-Generation Training Goals

London Fifth-generation pilots will rarely, if ever, fly a training sortie that does not have a synthetic component, Air Combat Command boss Gen. Hawk Carlisle said. “That is the vision of where we’re headed, but we’ve got a ways to...

AFRL-Funded AI Beats Fighter Pilots in Simulated Dogfights

London An Air Force Research Laboratory program initiated to help improve simulators may hold the key to one of combat aviation’s next big challenges—harnessing the potential of unmanned “swarms” and manned-unmanned teaming. The program, dubbed Alpha, began life as an...

Could Nighthawks be Used for Red Air?

London Air Combat Command has not ruled out bringing some retired F-117 Nighthawks out of flyable storage to serve as “Red Air” targets or adversaries for fifth generation F-22s and F-35s, ACC chief Gen. Hawk Carlisle told reporters at the...

Carlisle Expects F-35 to Join Anti-ISIS Fight

London Air Combat Command boss Gen. Hawk Carlisle said he has “absolutely no doubt” the F-35 will be deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. Speaking Wednesday during Defense IQ’s International Fighter conference in London, Carlisle emphasised the stealth fighter’s...

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