In the second episode of Weapons and Warfare, step into the cockpit of a U.S. Air Force Huey helicopter and learn about the latest in mixed reality learning. This video game-like experience is part of the branch’s effort to streamline and modernize training for the next generation of Air Force helicopter pilots.
Also featured in this episode:
- Funding for the war effort in Ukraine is running out, but the U.S. is still helping where it can as 500 Ukrainian soldiers arrive in Germany to train with American troops.
- Tensions are rising on the Korean Peninsula as the North fires artillery rounds into a disputed boundary with the South. Both sides are using derisive language and blaming one another.
- As the U.S. continues to provide military aid, the Naval Research Laboratory is taking steps toward a shift to clean energy by using hydrogen to power unmanned aircraft.
- The U.S. Army has made its choice: Close-contact troops are going to use Sig Sauer’s replacements for the M4 and the M249 rifles.
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