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The F-22 radar from Lot 5 aircraft onward is the APG-77(V)1, which draws heavily on APG-81 hardware and software for its advanced air-to-ground capabilities. [5] In August 2005, the APG-81 radar was flown for the first time aboard Northrop Grumman's BAC 1–11 test aircraft. The radar system had accumulated over 300 flight hours by 2010.
In 1917, Rantoul was chosen by the United States Army to be the site of Chanute Field, [6] due to its proximity to the Illinois Central railroad and the War Department's ground school at the University of Illinois. In the 1930s, Chanute Field grew, dominating the local economy as thousands of airmen were stationed there to train recruits.
Chanute Field was established on 21 May 1917, being one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established after the United States entry into World War I. [2] [3] The base was closed in 1993 and is currently being redeveloped for civilian uses.
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Santa's progress was shown on a live map on NORAD's website and updates are posted on the agency's Facebook, X, Instagram and YouTube pages. ... Its radar system, called the North American Warning ...
Live weather radar updates: Watch thunderstorms roll through Bartlesville, Pawhuska. Gannett. Jessica Onsurez, Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise. July 16, 2024 at 2:05 AM.
The Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line, constructed in the late 1950s, was reaching obsolescence in the 1980s.With the signing of North American Air Defence Modernization agreement at the "Shamrock Summit" between Prime Minister Mulroney and President Reagan in Quebec City on 18 March 1985, the DEW Line began its eventual upgrading and transition becoming the North Warning System (NWS) of today.
Satellite image of the storm system responsible for the tornado outbreak that occurred on April 25–28, 2024. On April 20, 2024, the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) first delineated a severe weather risk for April 25–26, highlighting a zone extending from the Central Great Plains northeastward to the Midwestern U.S.