Aviation News
An off-duty USAF C-17 pilot assigned to the 729th Airlift Squadron has been nominated for the Airman’s Medal for his efforts to save a mother and her baby after a May 5 car accident in Germany.
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The Dutch defense ministry has confirmed to news agency ANP that the first F-35 for Netherlands has made three test flights in the first half of this month.
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U.S. Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Low-Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) section recently trained with a French Mistral unit from the 54th Artillery Regiment in Djibouti.
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A Tajik Air Force Yak-52 crashed recently near a military airfield Ayni in Hisor District. Two crew members on board did not survive the crash.
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In the wake of an air crash that killed the country’s Interior and Local Government Secretary, a Philippine senator has suggested that President Benigno Aquino III should acquire an “Air Force One” to ensure the safety of government officials.
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