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Still 2 years away, Minot Air Force Base prepares for new helicopters Eloise Ogden, Minot (N.D.) Daily News via the AP February 21 The MH-139A Grey Wolf lands at Duke Field, Fla., Dec. 19, 2019, before its unveiling and naming ceremony. The aircraft is set to replace the Air Forces fleet of UH-1N Huey aircraft and has capability improvements related to speed, range, endurance and payload. (Samuel King Jr./AirForce) MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. — It’s still a ways off yet but Minot Ai...

By ELOISE OGDEN | Minot Daily News | Published: February 20, 2021 MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. — It’s still a ways off yet but Minot Air Force Base is getting ready for the Air Force’s new MH-139A “Grey Wolf” helicopters to replace the Vietnam-era UH-1N Huey helicopters. Helicopters are used to guard the nation’s intercontinental ballistic missile fields around Minot AFB, F.E. Warren AFB in Wyoming and Malmstrom AFB in Montana. Lt. Col. David Dammeier, commander of the 5th Civil E...

Vermont Business Magazine Southwestern Vermont Health Care’s (SVHC)  Medical Matters Weekly with Dr. Trey Dobson, a weekly interactive, multiplatform medical-themed talk show that launched February 10, will feature two Emergency nurses—Alexandra Chaffin, RN, and Jill Maynard, RN—as guests on its February 24 show. The show will cover what it is like to be an emergency nurse during the COVID-19 pandemic and initiatives implemented to ensure patient and staff safety. The show is produced ...

U.S. Air Force Tests Directed Energy Counter-UAS Weapon Our Bureau 2127 Raytheons High-Energy Laser Weapon System. The U.S. Air Force said it tested High Energy Laser Weapon System 2 (HELWS2 or H2) counter-Unmanned Aerial System (c-UAS) directed energy weapon (DEW) last year. “This experiment has many notable U.S. Air Force firsts, including the complete training of and operation of the system by Security Forces Airmen, the first directed energy c-UAS capability, and the first integration w...

Throughout 2020, the 704th Test Group's Operating Location-AA, part of the Directed Energy Combined Test Force, or DE CTF, focused much of its effort on...

Second test of Air Forces drone-killing laser may start later this year By (0) The U.S. Air Force is testing high-powered lasers and microwaves for use of directed energy to shoot down drones and other aerial objects, it said on Wednesday. Photo courtesy of Raytheon Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Further experiments in directed energy weapons -- which use of lasers and microwaves to intercept hostile airborne objects -- are expected in 2021, the U.S. Air Force said on Wednesday. A one-year assessment of...

The latest system tested, the High Energy Laser Weapon System 2, also known as HELWS2 or H2, is a counter-Unmanned Aerial System (c-UAS) directed energy weapon (DEW)., News, features and commentaries about Air Force Reserve people, equipment and missions

The latest system tested, the High Energy Laser Weapon System 2, also known as HELWS2 or H2, is a counter-Unmanned Aerial System (c-UAS) directed energy weapon (DEW).,

By Bradley Hicks, AEDC/PA / Published February 16, 2021 KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Throughout 2020, the 704th Test Group’s Operating Location AA, part of the Directed Energy Combined Test Force, or DE CTF, focused much of its effort on the testing of weapons designed to prevent adversarial drone observation and assault. The latest system tested, the High Energy Laser Weapon System 2, also known as HELWS2 or H2, is a counter-Unmanned Aerial System (c-UAS) directed energ...

State educators are launching a program aimed at trimming Louisianas rate of out-of-school suspensions, including the fact that more than twice as many Black students are suspended than their white peers.