Day: April 21, 2012

Two U.S. Air Force HH-60 helicopter were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for their actions in Afghanistan.

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Royal Air Force’s Voyager refueling planes could be used for VIP flights after an uproar over the use of a 747 by Prime Minister David Cameron for a trade mission to sell Airbus planes.

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This year, the USAF’s Air Combat Command plans to only send its jets to 61 airshows and the F-22 will appear in 20 of those shows.

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Ugandan Su-30 pilots are unhappy over their low wages and two of the eight pilots have left the squadron for greener pastures.

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The 17th Air Force was inactivated on Friday as part of a larger reorganization across the service to cut costs.

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