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US Air Force F-16 jets to get 3D audio system for faster, clearer pilot alerts
The US Air Force has awarded Danish defense company Terma a $9 million contract to supply its 3D audio system for F-16 ...
Spatial audio is coming to F-16 fighters to provide 3D sound in the cockpit
Danish aerospace company Terma has landed a $9 million deal to kit out the US Air Force's F-16 fighter jets with its ...
The Military Is Developing a Helmet That Will Allow Fighter Pilots to Maneuver Their Jets—and Fire Weapons—By Just Thinking About It.
Military pilots fighting an enemy need to engage in complex maneuvers that take precious seconds or minutes of their time and attention. Advanced touch screens or voice commands allow them to perform ...
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U.S. Air Force F-16 pilot is Miss America 2024
Active duty US Air Force 2nd Lieutenant Madison Marsh, who pilots F-16 fighter jets, was crowned Miss America 2024 this week in an unprecedented result for the storied beauty pageant, which has ...
Forbes6d
KC-135 Battles Storms And Icing To Refuel Thunderbirds F-16s In Midair
During midair refueling, the Thunderbirds F-16 pilots are so close to the KC-135 tanker that their helmets are easily visible, November 4, 2024. When the first Thunderbird arrived, its pilot ...
Magazine International on MSN29d
Ukrainian Air Force Claims First Air-to-Air Victory with F-16 Against Russian Su-34
This is further enhanced by the F-16’s helmet-mounted sight (HMS), allowing pilots to lock onto targets simply by looking in ...
Business Insider13d
Fighter Jets
Military & Defense 2024-10-04T11:17:01Z Ukrainian F-16 fighter pilots have had to dramatically ... a branded flight helmet, a cockpit cup holder, and six months of free hangar space.
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F-16 pilot killed in crash remembered as a man who ‘loved a lot of things’ — his family, his country, flying
Air Force 1st Lt. David Schmitz has been identified as the 77th Fighter Squadron pilot who was killed in an F-16CM crash on Tuesday during a training mission near Shaw Air Force Base in South ...
Wall Street Journal26d
U.S. Shifts Ukraine’s F-16 Training to Focus on Younger Pilots
WASHINGTON—The U.S. is refocusing its training of Ukrainian F-16 pilots on younger cadets rather than experienced air force members, a decision that could extend by many months the timeline for ...
The National Interest18d
F-16 Fighter Pilot Awarded Kolligian Trophy for Heroic Flight Maneuver
Captain Harry "Butcher" McMahon, an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot with the 80th Fighter Squadron, received the 2023 Koren Kolligian Jr. Trophy for his exceptional airmanship during a critical in ...
BBC5y
Belgian F-16 crash pilot ejects on to power line
A Belgian air force F-16 fighter plane has crashed in north-western France, leaving one pilot caught on a high-voltage electricity line. Both pilots were lightly injured after they ejected from ...
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US revising F-16 training to focus on younger pilots, WSJ reports
The United States is shifting the focus of its F-16 training program for Ukrainian pilots to prioritize younger trainees, potentially delaying the Ukrainian squadron's readiness to fight ...