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The U.S. Air Force’s plan to replace the LGM-30G intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with a new missile has run into issues at the Pentagon as the Department of Defense thinks the flying branch had underestimated the cost of developing the new weapon by billions of dollars.
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The U.S. Air Force is planning to enhance its focus on close air support mission by restructuring the 57th Operations Group and assign a F-16 squadron to the group at Nellis Air Force Base.
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U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Joshua Kleinholz
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Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Navy F-35B fleet will be armed with an updated version of the MBDA ASRAAM heat-seeking air-to-air missile, the British Ministry of Defense announced on Aug. 16.
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Russian daily Izvestia quoted Moroccan media as saying that Morocco is interested in getting the Su-34 fighter-bomber.
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Hangar 11 at the South Carolina Technology and Aviation Center (SCTAC) is now ready for Lockheed Martin to assemble the T-50A.
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