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On 1 May 2012, the squadron was reactivated at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida and redesignated Strike Fighter Squadron 101 (VFA-101), [4] [2] The "Grim Reapers" are still an FRS; this time for the F-35C Lightning II, the aircraft carrier-capable variant of the F-35 that will serve in the U.S. Navy and selected carrier-deployable squadrons of the ...
The squadron received the last production block of new F-15 Eagles. The 493rd Fighter Squadron was reactivated on 1 January 1994. [3] The Grim Reapers received the rest of their 18 assigned Eagles from Langley AFB and Eglin AFB, with the last one (86-0160) arriving on 22 July 1994. [6]
They are attached in between the Mk 66 Mod 4 rocket motor and a warhead and fuze, which increases length by 18.5 in (47 cm) and weight by 9 lb (4.1 kg) over the legacy Hydra system. [ 5 ] Firing ranges are 1,100-5,000 meters, the former of which can be hit less than 5 seconds after firing. [ 5 ]
Way of the Reaper: My Greatest Untold Missions and the Art of Being a Sniper (2016, with Gary Brozek) [17] ISBN 9781250088352; Never Fear Anything: My Untold Story As A Sniper In Our Nations Longest War (2018, with Robert Terkla) [18] ISBN 9780999769706; Fiction. Reaper: Ghost Target (2018, with A.J. Tata) [19] ISBN 9781250127341
The doors of the two forward bays each had tubes for 12 Folding-Fin Aerial Rockets (for a total of 24 "FFAR", with initially 2 in (51 mm) being fitted and later 2.75 in (70 mm) replacing them. [34] The F-102 was later upgraded to allow the carrying of up to two GAR-11/AIM-26 Nuclear Falcon missiles in the center bay. [ 35 ]
Although the maximum speed of the F-106 was Mach 2.3, during the lightning experiments it was flown at subsonic speeds into clouds at 300 knots (350 miles per hour; 560 kilometres per hour) from 5,000 to 40,000 feet (1,500 to 12,200 metres). [58] The aircraft was equipped with optical sensors which consisted of a video camera and a light detector.
Increment 1 of the system was first fielded in March 2011 on the Reaper and could cover an area of 16 km 2 (6.2 sq mi); increment 2, incorporating ARGUS-IS and expanding the coverage area to 100 km 2 (39 sq mi), achieved initial operating capability (IOC) in early 2014. The system has 368 cameras capable of capturing five million pixels each to ...
Hrіm-2, Grom or OTRK Sapsan (Ukrainian: ОТРК "Сапсан", lit. 'peregrine falcon'), [ 1 ] also known as Operational-Tactical Missile System Hrim ( Ukrainian : Оперативно-тактичний ракетний комплекс «Грім» , romanized : Operatyvno-taktychnyi raketnyi kompleks "Hrim" , lit.