A F-16 assigned to 138th Fighter Wing crashed during take-off from Ellington Airport, Texas on Jun. 21. The pilot ejected safely.
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A F-16 assigned to 138th Fighter Wing crashed during take-off from Ellington Airport, Texas on Jun. 21. The pilot ejected safely.
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A study by the U.S. Air Force has found that the American taxpayer will have to fork out $50 billion to procure another 194 Lockheed Martin F-22 stealth fighters.
By U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Ben Bloker [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Chinese Ministry of Defense announced on Jun. 20 that the Chengdu J-10B fighter will be participating in the Aviadarts competition held from Jul. 29 to Aug. 12.
A U.S. Air Force squadron that has been inactive since February 1947 was stood up at Nellis Air Force Base on Jun. 20 as the 6th Weapons Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Andrew D. Sarver
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Social media reports said U.S. Navy F/A-18E BuNo. 168914 from VFA-87 was involved in the shooting down of a Syrian Su-22 on Jun. 18.
By Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK (Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet ‘168914 / AJ-304’) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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