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It was the first USAF F-16 air-to-air victory and the first AMRAAM kill. [74] On 23 December 2002, an Iraqi MiG-25 shot down a U.S. Air Force unmanned MQ-1 Predator drone, which was performing armed reconnaissance over Iraq. This was the first time in history that an aircraft and an unmanned drone had engaged in combat. [75]
Loadout was a free-to-play multiplayer third-person shooter developed by Edge of Reality. It was released on Steam for Microsoft Windows, then co-published as a special PlayStation 4 version with P-40 Online Entertainment. Loadout focused on arcade-style multiplayer firefights across a variety of modes and used exaggerated cartoon gore. Players ...
Thus, a key design goal during the Gripen's development was the ability to operate from snow-covered landing strips of only 500 metres (1,600 ft); [152] [page needed] furthermore, a short-turnaround time of just ten minutes (attack mission preparations is double that time), during which a team composed of a technician and five conscripts would ...
The Vympel R-37 (NATO reporting name: AA-13 Axehead) [1] is a Russian hypersonic air-to-air missile with very long range. The missile and its variants also had the names K-37, izdeliye 610 and RVV-BD (Ракета Воздух-Воздух Большой Дальности (Raketa Vozduh-Vozduh Bolshoy Dalnosti), "Long range air-to-air rocket"), and the NATO codenames "Axehead" and "Andi". [2]
The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle was introduced by the USAF to replace its fleet of McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom IIs.Unlike the F-4, the F-15 was designed for air superiority with little consideration for a ground-attack role; the F-15 Special Project Office opposed the idea of F-15s performing interdiction, giving rise to the phrase "Not a pound for air to ground."
The MiG-31 is one of the fastest known operational combat aircraft in the world as of 2021, with a top speed of around 3,000 kilometres per hour (1,900 mph). [3] It continues to be operated by the Russian Aerospace Forces following the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
This was the first time the C-8 version of AMRAAM has appeared in the US arms sales contract. Later, Japan, the Netherlands, the UAE, Spain and Norway received approval to purchase AIM-120C-8s. [82] [83] In November 2021, Saudi Arabia received approval to purchase 280 AIM-120C-7/C-8s. [84]
To kill or achieve a kill in a game against a player or non-player opponent. [66] See also gib. frame rate A measure of the rendering speed of a video game's graphics, typically in frames per second (FPS). frame-perfect An action that must be performed within a single frame for perfect execution. free look 1.