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Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary of X-51A Flight
May 27, 2020
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, May 27 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news on May 26:

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Aerospace Systems Directorate celebrates the tenth anniversary of the X-51A's longest supersonic combustion ramjet-powered hypersonic flight, May 26, 2020.

The flight, which occurred off the coast of California in 2010, highlighted the increasing capabilities of hypersonic technology. Hypersonic fligh . . .

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