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C-130J tailor-made for mission over Afghanistan
US Air Force, SOUTHWEST ASIA: A 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-130J Hercules aircrew operating out of Southwest Asia dropped leaflets...
China Lake Flies First Navy-Owned Scan Eagle Test Asset
US Navy, The Naval Unmanned Systems Integration Activity (NUSIA) teamed with NAWCWD’s Unmanned Systems Technical Project Office and conducted a...
Airpower: C-17s support, move warfighters
US Air Force, SOUTHWEST ASIA: Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force...
First Active Duty USAF C-130J Combat Squadron Begins Its First Deployment
Lockheed Martin, MARIETTA: Lockheed Martin has delivered a sixth C-130J Super Hercules to the 41st Airlift Squadron, a unit of...
MH-60R Goes to Sea for the First Time
US Navy, AT SEA ABOARD USS PREBLE (DDG-88): The Navy’s newest multi-mission helicopter, the MH-60R Seahawk successfully completed its first...
Four Eurofighter Typhoon Air Forces United in Exercise
Eurofighter GmgH, HALLBERGMOOS, Germany: For the first time, all four Eurofighter Typhoon core Air Forces from Germany, Italy, Spain and...
Static Testing Starts on A400M Structure
EADS, MADRID: The static tests of a dedicated A400M complete structure has begun at the Military Transport Aircraft Division (MTAD)...
Defense Department Stands by Tanker Contract Decision
US Department of Defense, WASHINGTON: The selection of Northrop Grumman Corp. to build the next-generation air-refueling tanker aircraft followed a...
Boeing Protests US Air Force Tanker Contract Award
Boeing Company, ST. LOUIS: Citing irregularities with the process of the competition and the evaluation of the competitors' bids, The Boeing...
Air Force retires first stealth fighter
Agence France-Presse, Washington: The US Air Force said goodbye Tuesday to the first stealth fighter, the F-117A Nighthawk, which was...
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