When bids were opened for the Tejas engine tender, Eurojet was found to have offered a bid that is twenty percent lower than General Electric.
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Month: September 2010
New Cat Eye Gripen
The Czech Air Force recently painted a pair of cat eyes on the upper surfaces of the canards of a Gripen to celebrated 10,000 flight hours of the fleet.
Phantom Ray, Phantom Eye maiden flights pushed back
First flights of Boeing’s Phantom Ray and Phantom Eye UAVs have been pushed back due to technical problems encountered.
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V-22 came close to colliding with Twin Otter
The FAA’s August Air Traffic Bulletin newsletter revealed that a V-22 came very close to colliding with a civilian Twin Otter.
AFSOC airmen to dress like BATMAN
The USAF plans to dress its special forces operators more like Batman to reduce the weight being carried during missions.
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