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  2. Air combat manoeuvring - Wikipedia

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    A United States Marine Corps F/A-18A Hornet engaged in air combat maneuvering training with IAI Kfir and F-5E Tiger II aggressors near Marine Corps Air Station Yuma in 1989. Air combat manoeuvring (ACM) is the tactic of moving, turning, and situating one's fighter aircraft in order to attain a position from which an attack can be made on another aircraft.

  3. Basic fighter maneuvers - Wikipedia

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    Basic fighter maneuvers (BFM) are tactical movements performed by fighter aircraft during air combat maneuvering (ACM, also called dogfighting), to gain a positional advantage over the opponent. [1] BFM combines the fundamentals of aerodynamic flight and the geometry of pursuit, with the physics of managing the aircraft's energy-to-mass ratio ...

  4. Texas Military Forces - Wikipedia

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    The Texas Air National Guard is the current air warfare branch of the Texas Military Forces for the State of Texas. It is composed of the 149th Fighter Wing, the 136th Airlift Wing, the 147th Attack Wing, the 254th Combat Communications Group, the 272nd Engineering Installation Squadron, and the 204th Security Forces Squadron.

  5. Category : Abandoned military projects of the United States

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    T2 tank; T7 combat car; T14 heavy tank; T20 medium tank; T22 Medium Tank; T23 Medium Tank; T24 machine gun; T27 armored car; T28 super-heavy tank; T29 heavy tank; T30 heavy tank; T32 heavy tank; T34 heavy tank; T54 (American tank) T57 heavy tank; T69 tank; T71 light tank; T92 light tank; T95 medium tank; Thin Man (nuclear bomb) Transformation ...

  6. Future Combat Systems Manned Ground Vehicles - Wikipedia

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    The Picatinny Arsenal XM360 tank gun had been selected by September 2006. [23] tank gun underwent test firing at Aberdeen Proving Ground beginning in March 2008. [24] General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products was awarded a $14 million contract in 2007 to develop the ammunition handling system. [25]

  7. Supermaneuverability - Wikipedia

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    Pugachev's Cobra maneuver is one of the tests for supermaneuverability, here performed by an Su-27. Supermaneuverability is the capability of fighter aircraft to execute tactical maneuvers that are not possible with purely aerodynamic techniques. Such maneuvers can involve controlled side-slipping or angles of attack beyond maximum lift. [1]

  8. Texas wants to buy surplus border wall parts but U.S ... - AOL

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    Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said U.S.-owned border wall materials, which were available for sale, were pulled from an Arizona auction at the government's request. The Lonestar State had shown ...

  9. Scissors (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    The scissors is an aerial dogfighting maneuver commonly used by military fighter pilots. It is primarily a defensive maneuver, used by an aircraft that is under attack.It consists of a series of short turns towards the attacking aircraft, slowing with each turn, in the hopes of forcing the attacker to overshoot.