Great to see your post. Sorry to drop this. Just chowed 6 "smoked pulled pork" refried "Carnitas" style with Chile de Arbol powder, cumin and homemade hot sauce. I'm stuffed and want to eat 6 more....

Np pics, but I have a nice harvest of peppers going this year. Hot sauce in the future...

FTX-26a. Tracking exercise for the new LRDR at Clear. C-17 air launched ballistic target 😎

I haven't done Tequila in 30+ years, but I do remember the difference between "good" and the rest.

It's what we call baseline sampling. Periodic collection along a defined route. The data allow you to establish the "normal", in case you need to look for something abnormal. They go about once a year to add to the data and look for changes. 64-14831 is doing the same thing today

At this time, the High Altitude Observatory aircraft have not deployed to support the test as they did in 2023. Airborne support may have been transferred over to former RQ-4 Global Hawks converted into Range Hawk hypersonic missile support aircraft. 5/End

large diameter tubes with 3 AUR's/tube. Completion was recently delayed to 2026/7 and one has to consider that launch hardware failures have contributed to the delays. Current plans envision CPS fielded onto the 3 Zumwalt destroyers and Virginia Class SSN's. 4/5

Lockheed Martin has been working feverishly to redesign the launcher and mitigate the causes of the last two LRHW test failures.
The USS Zumwalt, (DDG 1000), is currently in Pascagoula Mississippi having at least one of the two 155mm Advanced Gun systems removed and installing 4 (3/5)

JFC-2 and 3 are planned to be conducted from the Army LRHW launch platform. The first attempt was in March 2023 and the second was in September 2023, both attempts to complete JFC-2 were cancelled due to "hardware" issues with the launch platform. 2/5

Looking like a 6 month follow-up to operating out of Diego Garcia around India and South Africa.

More delays for hypersonics...