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CFM56-2 Engine Sets New Military Time on Wing Record
TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Oklahoma: At a special ceremony, CFM International and the Strategic Communications Wing 1 of the United...
CAGW Advises Congress Not to Ground Presidential Helicopter
WASHINGTON: Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW), the nation’s premier taxpayer watchdog organization, today expressed support for the continuation of the...
Russia freezes warplane contract with Syria
MOSCOW: Russia has put on a hold a contract to deliver MiG-31E Foxhound interceptor-fighters to Syria, a Russian business daily...
AF officials announce Combat Air Forces restructure plan
WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Following the May 7 roll-out of the fiscal year 2010 budget proposal for the Department of Defense,...
F135 STOVL Exceeds Vertical Thrust Requirement
EAST HARTFORD, Conn.: The Pratt & Whitney F135 short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant propulsion system, which includes the Rolls-Royce LiftSystem,...
Indonesia military plane crashes, 57 reported dead
JAKARTA: An Indonesian military transport jet crashed in East Java, killing at least 57 people as it ploughed into homes...
Air Force Works to Meet Iraqi Air Traffic Control Needs
HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass: An Electronic Systems Center group here is helping Iraqi air force officials rebuild their military...
IL-78 Mid-Air Supertanker to Refuel US and Foreign Air Forces
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.: Tactical Air Defense Services, Inc., a military defense contractor which offers air combat training, ground-threat support,...
Hunter UAV Reaches 75k Flight Hours Milestone
HERNDON, Va.: Northrop Grumman Corporation's Hunter Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), in use with the U.S. Army since 1996, recently surpassed...
M-346 Master Trainer Makes First Flight
The 60-minute flight was made by the two prototypes and LRIP00, representative of the series production configuration, while the M-311...
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