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Air Force Completes First FAB-T Flight Test

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Monday, June 20th, 2011

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The Air Force recently installed and flight-tested a second-generation Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminal (FAB-T) onboard a test version of an RC-135 Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft. "This first series of integration and flight tests on the RC-135 aircraft demonstrates that the second-generation terminal is able to pass low-data-rate communications between airborne and ground platforms in flight," said Maj. Jeff Miller, FAB-T program office test team lead. During the test, a FAB-T onboard an RC-135 connected with a Milstar satellite.…

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