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<ul class="summary-list"><li>The Air Force loaded an <keyword id="1611208" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="F-15e">F-15E</keyword> <keyword id="70380" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Fighter-jet">fighter jet</keyword> with twice as many cruise missiles as it normally carries.</li><li>The load test was part of a proof-of-concept known as <keyword id="11247493" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="project-strike-rodeo">Project Strike Rodeo</keyword>.</li><li>The idea is that fighters able to self-escort could be used to conduct bomber missions.</li></ul>The <keyword id="6404246" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="us-air-force">US Air Force</keyword> is looking at the possibility of using fighter jets armed with both air-to-air missiles and a heavy loadout of stand-off cruise missiles as bomber aircraft able to self-escort in contested airspace and conduct devastating missile strikes.This week, the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base armed an F-15E Strike Eagle with five AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSMs), more than twice what the plane would normally carry.The unusually heavy loadout was part of a munitions proof-of-concept known as Project Strike Rodeo, <a href="https://www.53rdwing.af.mil/News/Article/2603257/project-strike-rodeo-f-15e-loaded-with-five-jassms/">the 53rd Wing explained in a statement</a>.<div type="image" title="F-15E Strike Eagle in the Project Strike Rodeo loadout" height="2832" width="4240" msid="82588198" hostid="261"></div>Project Strike Rodeo began as an idea raised during a Weapons and Tactics Conference in January, when tacticians were looking at options for a scenario in which fighters had to escort a bomber carrying stand-off munitions to a release point in highly contested airspace.<a href="https://www.53rdwing.af.mil/News/Article/2603257/project-strike-rodeo-f-15e-loaded-with-five-jassms/">The 53rd Wing said</a> some participants suggested that instead of having a group of fighters escort a single bomber, the fighters could be armed with a heavy loadout of JASSMs and used to conduct bomber missions.Doing so would theoretically "reduce the size and complexity of the strike package" and "distribute mission risk across the force," <a href="https://www.53rdwing.af.mil/News/Article/2603257/project-strike-rodeo-f-15e-loaded-with-five-jassms/">the wing explained</a>.The idea here is essentially that the fighters could self-escort as part of a smaller aircraft formation, and the mission could continue if an aircraft was lost in battle.<div type="image" title="F-15E Strike Eagle in the Project Strike Rodeo loadout" height="2366" width="3542" msid="82588216" hostid="261"></div>The most JASSMs any US Air Force fighter can currently carry is two, so after determining that the F-15E Strike Eagle would be used as a test platform for Project Strike Rodeo, a team at Eglin began looking into how to put more JASSMs on the aircraft to make this idea possible.The Eglin-based team, which included Air Force personnel from the 53rd Wing, 96th Test Wing, and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, came up with a special loading tool and a new loading procedure to make it work, and then the F-15 System Program Office provided funding for a load test.<div type="image" title="F-15E Strike Eagle in the Project Strike Rodeo loadout" height="2832" width="4240" msid="82588226" hostid="261"></div>"No one told us to do this," Lt. Col. Mike Benitez, the director of staff for the 53rd Wing, said. "We saw the need and the opportunity, so we executed.""This is a squadron innovation effort with operational and strategic implications," he continued. "Project Strike Rodeo is all about creating options for combatant commanders, which ultimately can be used to create multiple dilemmas for the adversary."<div type="image" title="F-15E Strike Eagle in the Project Strike Rodeo loadout" height="2832" width="3965" msid="82588235" hostid="261"></div>The 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/air-force-f15s-carry-more-guided-bombs-in-single-flight-2021-3">participated in another proof-of-concept test in late February that involved loading F-15E Strike Eagles with 15 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs)</a>, six more than its current maximum load.The concept, known as <keyword id="10333267" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="agile-combat-employment">Agile Combat Employment</keyword> (ACE), explores using the fighter as a kind of "bomb truck" to deliver munitions to a combat zone to reload itself or arm other aircraft.<div type="image" title="F-15E Strike Eagle in the Agile Combat Employment configuration" height="1710" width="3542" msid="82588240" hostid="261"></div>Just two months after the load test at Eglin Air Force Base, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/f15e-fighter-jets-first-mission-in-new-bomb-truck-configuration-2021-4">the Air Force flew six F-15E Strike Eagles in the "bomb truck" configuration in an operational setting</a>, with each carrying 12 JDAMs and four small diameter bombs.An F-15E has not yet been flown with the Project Strike Rodeo loadout, but there are apparently plans for follow-on flight testing.

US Air Force loads up F-15E fighter jet with a lot of cruise missiles to see if it could be used like a bomber

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Travis Scott released his fourth studio album, "Utopia," on Friday.</li><li>The album sounds like a rehash of Kanye West's 2013 album "Yeezus."</li></ul>After Kanye West, now known as Ye, dropped his soundscape-bending sixth studio album, "Yeezus," in 2013, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOHhaMvk-XM">he told "The Breakfast Club"</a> that he felt he was "10 years ahead" but "trapped" in the present day.At the time, Ye's assertion may have sounded farcical and arrogant, but fast-forward a decade to the <a href="https://www.insider.com/egypt-officials-revoke-travis-scott-concert-permit-at-giza-pyramids-2023-7">release of Travis Scott's "Utopia,"</a> and he's not wrong.Released on Friday, "Utopia," Scott's fourth studio album, was supposed to be the defining work of his career, an experimental, genre-defying record that <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/travis-scott-utopia-album-meaning-1235335717/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he said would embody</a> how people can "create energy that spews out magical things."Instead, what Scott delivers is a poorly-paced, mostly unimaginative "Yeezus" rehash that feels stuck 10 years in the past.<h2>The similarities to 'Yeezus' are shockingly clear</h2>It's not surprising that "Utopia" has a heavy Ye influence given that he is a longtime musical mentor of Scott's, and has previously <a href="https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/travis-scott-opens-up-about-his-big-bro-kanye-wests-controversial-politics.html/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">been described by the "Sicko Mode" rapper as his "big bro."</a>Scott is also signed to Ye's GOOD Music record label under its production arm, Very Good Beats, and the pair have worked together on a number of projects over the years, including "Utopia." On this record, Ye serves as a cowriter on three songs: "Thank God," "God's Country," and "Telekinesis."What is surprising, however, is just how deep the influences of Ye, and more specifically "Yeezus," run on "Utopia."The album's third track, "Modern Jam," shares striking similarities to the opening track from "Yeezus," "On Sight." While generally less aggressive, "Modern Jam" features similar synths and vocal breaks to "On Sight," while Scott's cadence is also nearly identical to Ye's.Track 12, "Circus Maximus," featuring The Weeknd, is a near-carbon copy of "Black Skinhead." Again, Scott's flow matches Ye's perfectly over an all-too-familiar drum beat. "Modern Jam" and "Circus Maximus" are the two songs most obviously influenced by "Yeezus," but other similarities are littered throughout "Utopia."Scott screams like Ye does on "Yeezus," and relies heavily on the use of grainy, low-resolution synthesizers like Ye did. Justin Vernon, better known as the lead singer of Bon Iver, also features on "Utopia," just as he did on "Yeezus," featuring on both "My Eyes" and "Delresto (Echoes)."<h2>Where Ye delivered, however, Scott misses</h2>While "Yeezus" was by no means universally acclaimed upon its release, the album drew praise for its drastic departure from Ye's previous efforts and its experimental sound design, which incorporated elements of punk, trap, and electronic music.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/yeezus-album-lyrics-2013-6?r=US&amp;IR=T">Ye was also praised for the album's lyrical content</a>, which addressed everything from how the fashion industry views Black people ("New Slaves"), to the civil rights movement, and his own mental health ("Black Skinhead").But while "Utopia" bears resemblances to "Yeezus," it misses the mark in terms of both sound and lyricism.Where "Yeezus" sounded wild and unique, "Utopia" sounds tame and familiar. Where Ye used "Yeezus" to address real-world issues and offer fans a glimpse into his personal life ("Bound 2"), Scott uses "Utopia" to rap about, as he has done on all of his previous projects, partying and his affinity for sleeping with numerous women. It lacks the substance that "Yeezus" had in abundance.<div type="image" title="Travis Scott performs live on the main stage during day two of Wireless Festival 2023 at Finsbury Park on July 08, 2023 in London, England." height="1499" width="1999" msid="102214764" hostid="261" sizebytes="154756"></div>"Yeezus" comparisons aside, on "Utopia," Scott also fails to deliver what he does best — making club-ready, room-shaking anthems. The erratic album, which switches between tempos and moods at every turn, features no discernible smash hit, unlike 2015's "Rodeo" ("Antidote"), 2016's "Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight" ("Goosebumps"), and 2018's "Astroworld" ("Sicko Mode").There are some highlights, however, which come in the form of features.Beyoncé's angelic tones shine through on "Delresto (Echoes)," complimenting the track's stripped-back sound and Scott's own short verse.Bad Bunny provides some Puerto Rican pizzazz on "K-pop," while "Looove," featuring Kid Cudi — whom Scott has teamed up with before to great results — stands out as "Utopia's" best song.All in all, however, Scott's fourth studio album, for all its promise of offering something new, does anything but."I thought we were going to utopia?" an unidentified woman asks Scott at the end of "Sirens." Me too.

The influence of Kanye West's 'Yeezus' is clear as day on Travis Scott's 'Utopia' — but unlike Kanye, his experimental new album misses the mark

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