Aviation News
The U.S. Marine Corps officially inducted the F-35B into the Marine Corps aviation arsenal at Eglin Air Force Base on Feb. 24.
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The Pentagon had planned to start a program to replace its AGM-86 missile this year. However, the start of the Long-Range Stand-Off (LRSO) program has been pushed to 2015.
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A U.S. drone crashed in Pakistan’s tribal region on Saturday, Pakistani and U.S. officials said.
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Two U.S. Navy pilots attending the Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor course conducted by the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center had to eject from their Super Hornet on Friday during a training flight.
Continue reading “USN F/A-18F crashed near Fallon”
One of the key upgrades to keep the U-2 flying into the next decade is to add pressurization, U.S. Air Force’s deputy chief of staff told Aviation Week.
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