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USAF partners with GM Defense to successfully power aircraft with Electric Ground Power Unit

The Air Force Research Laboratory collaborated with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Force Materiel Command, and General Motors Defense to power a KC-135 tanker aircraft with GM Defense’s Electric Ground Power Unit at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Aug. 14-17, 2023. To increase future energy agility, AFRL has teamed with its collaborators to build and test electric and hybrid flightline equipment and vehicles demonstrating many benefits relative to internal combustion engine-based platforms. (Courtesy photo / Carla Escamilla, 412th Public Affairs)

PHOTO BY: Courtesy photo / Carla Escamilla, 412th Public Affairs
VIRIN: 230817-F-KD343-1082.JPG
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Canon EOS 5D Mark II

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14

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1/200

ISO

100

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USAF partners with GM Defense to successfully power aircraft with Electric Ground Power Unit

The Air Force Research Laboratory collaborated with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Force Materiel Command, and General Motors Defense to power a KC-135 tanker aircraft with GM Defense’s Electric Ground Power Unit at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Aug. 14-17, 2023. To increase future energy agility, AFRL has teamed with its collaborators to build and test electric and hybrid flightline equipment and vehicles demonstrating many benefits relative to internal combustion engine-based platforms. (Courtesy photo / Carla Escamilla, 412th Public Affairs)

PHOTO BY: Courtesy photo / Carla Escamilla, 412th Public Affairs
VIRIN: 230817-F-KD343-1082.JPG
FULL SIZE: 2.74 MB
Additional Details

CAMERA

Canon EOS 5D Mark II

LENS

N/A

APERTURE

14

SHUTTERSPEED

1/200

ISO

100

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

Read More

This photograph is considered public domain and has been cleared for release. If you would like to republish please give the photographer appropriate credit. Further, any commercial or non-commercial use of this photograph or any other DoD image must be made in compliance with guidance found at https://www.dimoc.mil/resources/limitations, which pertains to intellectual property restrictions (e.g., copyright and trademark, including the use of official emblems, insignia, names and slogans), warnings regarding use of images of identifiable personnel, appearance of endorsement, and related matters.

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