The Pentagon announced on Tuesday that Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has ordered restrictions to F-22 flights and
the U.S. Air Force is to accelerate the installation of an automatic backup oxygen system.
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The U.S. Air National Guard hopes to improve the intercept capability of its F-15C by equipping the fighter with Lockheed Martin’s Sniper pod.
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he U.S. Air Force has authorized full rate production of the NexGen Infrared missile warning system (MWS), a Northrop Grumman-designed, built and tested protection system for C-17, EC-130J, HC/MC-130J and other Air Force platforms.
The joint Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) program by India and Russia has been delayed by two years, India’s deputy defense minister M M Pallam Raju said on Monday.
This op-ed by Andrew Erickson and Gabe Collins say China will find it difficult to produce good military jet engines due to bureaucratic barriers in its jet propulsion industry.
The Royal Thai Air Force has traded three of its unserviceable G222 transports for one Saab 340B. The 340B arrived at Surat Thani on May 2.
U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz said the P-8 is not an ideal platform to replace the Air Force’s E-8.
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The South African Air Force’s last four Gripens will return home from Sweden by September.
India’s Cabinet Committee on Security has cleared the way for the purchase of 75 PC-7 trainers after much delays.
A Pakistan Air Force Mirage V crashed on Friday after it took off from the PAF Masroor Base in Karachi. The pilot safely ejected.
