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Airmen reach 250K flying hours with remotely piloted aircraft
Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan: Members of the 62nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron here reached a significant milestone recently when the Air Force's...
SAPHIR-M decoy systems for Spanish Tiger Attack Helicopter Self Protection
MBDA has received a contract notification for the supply of SAPHIR-M decoy systems to provide self defence on the 24...
Russian military to buy 50 fifth-generation fighters after 2016
Russia's Defense Ministry will order at least 50 fifth-generation fighters from 2016, a senior official said on Thursday. "At the...
French fighter sale talks with UAE moving forward
Paris: Technical talks on the sale of Rafale fighters to the United Arab Emirates are wrapping up, Defence Minister Herve...
Lockheed Martin F-35 STOVL Variant Flies Supersonic
PATUXENT RIVER, Md.: The Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant flew faster than the speed...
Transition Force Creates Air Power in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON: About 450 U.S. and NATO forces are working to bring the 3,300 members and 48 aircraft of the Afghan...
Tanker operation fuels half of US Central Command’s air assets
SOUTHWEST ASIA: In some form or fashion, every Airman deployed to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility feels the...
China says farewell to J-6 fighters
BEIJING: People's Liberation Army Air Force held on Saturday an official farewell ceremony for the J-6, a Chinese-built version of...
P-8A Poseidon Completes 1st In-flight Test of Mission Systems
SEATTLE: Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft T2 successfully completed the program's first mission systems test flight on June 8 in Seattle....
Boeing to Demo Control of Multiple UAVs
ST. LOUIS: The Boeing Company has received a three-year, $9.8 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to...
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