Two Bulgarian soldiers have been arrested for stealing 103 unguided air-to-ground rockets from an ammunition dump in Bezmer.
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Month: June 2012
Finnish Air Force Hornet successfully tests BOL countermeasures dispenser
The BOL countermeasures dispensing system was successfully flown on a Finnish Air Force Hornet recently.
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Delivery of Saab aircraft to RTAF delayed
Bangkok Post reports that the Royal Thai Air Force has been unable to take delivery of a Saab aircraft after an American parts supplier refused to deliver parts for the jet.
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USAF solicit industry for High Speed Strike Weapon
H/T to Wired. The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate, Contracting Division wants to have a demonstration for a Mach 5+ velocity weapon capable of fixed and mobile targets.
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Francis Gary Powers to receive Silver Star
U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers will be awarded the Silver Star posthumously after the Air Force Board for the Correction of Military Records agreed that he was on active duty when he was shot down over the Soviet Union.
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