The Pentagon has asked Government Liquidation, an Arizona company, to scrap aircraft store at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
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Month: March 2012
Last F-22 makes maiden flight
The last F-22 build, 4195, has flown for the first time Mar. 14 with Lockheed Martin test pilot Bret Luedke at the controls. It will be delivered to the 525th Fighter Squadron on May. 2.
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A-4K reunites with former pilot
Former New Zealand fighter pilot Mark Helliwell has been reunited with his A-4K, NZ6209, that he used to fly while on overseas detachments.
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UFO buzzed Chilean F-5s at El Bosque Air Base
A video taken by an aircraft engineer shows an unknown object buzzing a formation of Chilean F-5s during a change of command ceremony at El Bosque Air Base in Santiago on Nov. 5, 2010.
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Cheap, disposable satellites for war fighters
DARPA wants the defense industry to come up with cheap mini-satellites that can give soldiers on the ground intelligence at the “press of a button.”
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