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A Royal Air Force L-1011 TriStar aerial refueling tanker from 216 Squadron, RAF Brize Norton, flew alongside a 100th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker in a unique training exercise that may have been the first of its kind.
U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Austin M. May
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Russian Helicopters’ Ulan Ude factory will build 55 Mi-171Es for China. The contract was signed in late July.
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Sukhoi says its second T-50 prototype has completed initial approach trials to an Il-78 aerial refueling tanker.
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The U.S. Navy has begun integrated testing (IT) of Raytheon’s Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C-1. During its first flight in IT, the JSOW C-1 was retargeted to strike a large moving ship target.
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An investigation by the U.S. Air Force concluded that the pilot of a F-15E flying out of an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia had become disoriented before crashing into a radio tower.
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