NAVAIR attempted to land X-47B “Salty Dog 501” on board USS George H.W. Bush on Jul. 15 but the aircraft developed an instrumentation issue while on the way to the carrier.
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Day: July 17, 2013
First B-1B pilot to clock 5,000 hours
Lt. Col Tim Schepper has become the first person to log 5,000 flight hours in a B-1 bomber after he landed a B-1 at Ellsworth Air Force Base last week.
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Cameroon Air Force is newest operator of CN235
The Cameroon Air Force is the newest operator of the CN235 family with one aircraft being handed over by Airbus Military recently.
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180th FW returns from Djibouti, Jordan deployment
A detachment from the U.S. Air Force’s 180th Fighter Wing recently return home from a two-month deployment to Djibouti in support of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa and Jordan where they participated in Exercise Eager Lion.
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