Aviation News
Australia announced that it will be buying 10 Alenia C-27Js at a cost of $1.4 billion. The first aircraft is expected to be delivered in 2015.
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The U.S. Marine Corps has decided that the two unmanned K-MAX cargo lifting helicopters will continue to ply their trade in Afghanistan will September.
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The U.S. Navy has decided to suspend the practice of emergency landings at Norfolk after a E-2C nearly collided with a civilian plane in February.
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As part of its probe into problems with the F-22’s oxygen system, the U.S. Air Force is taking a closer look at why
F-22 pilots have higher prevalence of coughing after executing extreme maneuvers in the air.
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After nearly 10 years as the largest combat wing in the U.S. Air Force, the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing was deactivated in a ceremony May 8 at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia.
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