The USAF’s Air Education and Training Command announced Dec. 17 that the 33rd Fighter Wing is fully capable of training F-35 pilots.
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Month: December 2012
USAF plans to retire F-16s, A-10s
The U.S. Air Force intends to eliminate 21 F-16s from the Iowa National Guard’s 132nd Fighter Wing; 20 A-10s of Arkansas National Guard’s 188th Fighter Wing at Fort Smith; 24 A-10Cs of the Reserve 917th Fighter Group at Barksdale Air Force Base.
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Rheinmetall successfully tests 50kW high-energy laser weapon
Rheinmetall has successfully tested its new 50kW high-energy weapon technology demonstrator.
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Belarus to get 4 Yak-130s
Belarus will get four Yak-130 trainers in 2015.
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X-47B completes first at-sea test phase
The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator completed its first at-sea test phase aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Dec. 18.
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