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What led the US to take the extraordinary step of landing its largest aircraft on an aircraft carrier in the middle of the ocean

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What allows the C-130 to do short landings is the reverse thrust capability of the turboprop engines. These engines have the same power in reverse as they do forward. Totally giving this a thumbs up as I had no idea they landed C-130s on carriers… but somehow the last half of this video seemed to be a completely different, if somewhat related, subject. The power of technology it’s amazing… I can only imagine 100 years from now.. too bad we don’t live that long.. if the inventors of the plane could see it now they would be amazed.. let’s celebrate our past in our present.. awesome and wonderful I work for AMH-1Elmer ( ally) Phillips who was with VX-1 And he was the loadmaster on the C-130 and they landed on the USS Kitty Hawk and was suppose to take off using their Jatos, jet assisted rockets. None of them wanted to try taking off. Their C -130 was later craned off Captain flatly landed 130s on the forestal made History he was our captain on Saratoga on our 1980 med cru...

The largest remotely piloted aircraft currently in use in the United States is the RQ-4 Global Hawk

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The RQ-4 Global Hawk is a high-altitude, long-endurance, remotely piloted aircraft with an integrated sensor suite that provides global all-weather, day or night intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capability. Northrop Grumman’s GLOBAL HAWK is one of, if not the world’s premier surveillance and reconnaissance unmanned aircraft system—and the Air Force’s go-to eye in the sky. In the RQ-4 name, the “R” is the Department of Defense designation for Reconnaissance, and “Q” means unmanned aircraft system. The “4” refers to the series of purpose-built remotely piloted aircraft systems. CHAPTERS00:00 Meet the RQ-4 Global Hawk02:00 MQ-4C Triton Drone for the U.S. Navy02:40 Why the USAF Loves the Global Hawk04:47 Global Hawk Ground-based Command and Control06:07 A HAWK With Global Reach07:19 Global Hawk Retirement Source: https://thefoxposts.com/the-largest-remotely-piloted-aircraft-currently-in-use-in-the-united-states-is-the-rq-4-global-hawk...