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1 day ago · The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and de facto aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II (1941–1947).
1 day ago · Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied lines largely comprising military trenches, in which combatants are well-protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery. It became archetypically associated with World War I (1914–1918), when the Race to the Sea rapidly expanded trench use on ...
1 day ago · Hermann Göring, the first Supreme Commander of the Luftwaffe (in office: 1935–1945) Robert Ritter von Greim, the second and last Supreme Commander of the Luftwaffe (in office: April–May 1945) The Luftwaffe [N 2] ( German pronunciation: [ˈlʊftvafə] ⓘ) was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II.
2 days ago · General Atomics MQ-1 Predator, a reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle of the U.S. Air Force, 2006. (more) UAVs are descended from target drones and remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs) employed by the military forces of many countries in the decades immediately after World War II. Modern UAVs debuted as an important weapons system in the early ...
4 days ago · The fusion of stealth, technology, and naval dominance has given rise to an intriguing concept in modern warfare: the sub-carrier. As traditional aircraft carriers exemplify the United States ...
4 days ago · Chinese developers boast that this synergy can achieve an impressive near-100% win rate in simulated aerial combat. Meanwhile, the US grapples with the opacity of current AI systems. Recently, the US Air Force Secretary experienced this firsthand when an AI-controlled F-16’s decision-making during potential weapon deployments remained unclear.
2 days ago · fighter aircraft, aircraft designed primarily to secure control of essential airspace by destroying enemy aircraft in combat. The opposition may consist of fighters of equal capability or of bombers carrying protective armament. For such purposes fighters must be capable of the highest possible performance in order to be able to outfly and ...
