Wing-mounted technology gives jet pilots crisp view of battlefields

"“They are awesome,” Cmdr. Norm Weakland said of the Advanced Targeting Forward-Looking Infrared (ATFLIR) that gives today’s F/A-18 Hornets their ability to see targets on the ground three to five times better than earlier models of the
system. Variants of the system go back to 1997, when the Navy approved full development."
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