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545th Test Group
The 545th Test Group is an inactive group (military aviation unit), group of the United States Air Force. It was organized at Hill Air Force Base, Utah as the 6545th Test Group in January 1979 to manage the Utah Test and Training Range and the development of unmanned aerial vehicles. In 1994, it transferred its flight testing mission to Ogden Air Logistics Center, and in 1996 the 388th Fighter Wing assumed its bombing range, range management, and the group was inactivated. In October 1992, the group was consolidated with the 545th Tactical Airlift Group, formerly the 5th Ferrying Group, a World War II unit of the United States Army Air Forces (AAF). It was activated in February 1942 as the California Sector, Ferrying Command, but soon changed its name. It ferried aircraft manufactured in the Southwestern United States until March 1944, when it was disbanded in a general reorganization of AAF units in the United States. It was replaced by the 556th Army Air Forces Base Unit, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC-130 Hercules
The Lockheed DC-130 is a variant of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, C-130 Hercules modified for unmanned aerial vehicle, drone control. It can carry four Ryan Firebee drones underneath its wings. Development Origin of the design Since World War I, many nations' air forces have investigated different means of remotely controlling aircraft. Spurred by the 1960 U-2 incident, the United States Air Force gained a renewed interest in using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), or drones, to obtain intelligence on the S-75 Dvina, SA-2 Guideline surface-to-air missile system. Under the code names "Lightning Bug" and "Compass Cookie", Ryan Firebee, Firebee target drones were modified for Aerial reconnaissance, reconnaissance as the Ryan Model 147. The drones were test flown over North Korea and China after the Gulf of Tonkin incident in August 1964. While perfect for reconnaissance, the use of a ground-based radar van for command, track and control limit the combat ability of drones. The tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
