The Royal Australian Air Force has stopped operating with air combat maneuvering pods on its F/A-18s and launched an inquiry into why one system fell off the wing of a fighter during a training exercise. An RAAF F/A-18 was conducting air combat maneuvering when the pod dropped from its wing on Aug. 29. The plane returned safely to base. The air combat maneuvering pod contains a data transfer device which holds 3D maneuvering flight data and requires proprietary software and hardware to access. It also has a GPS, but it does not have an emergency locator beacon.
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机译：澳大利亚皇家空军已经停止使用F / A-18上的空战机动吊舱进行操作，并开始调查为什么在训练演习中有一个系统从战斗机的机翼上掉下来。当吊舱于8月29日从机翼坠落时，RAAF F / A-18正在进行空战演习。飞机安全返回基地。空战机动吊舱包含一个数据传输设备，该设备可保存3D机动飞行数据，并且需要专有软件和硬件进行访问。它也有一个GPS，但没有紧急定位信标。
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