U.S. Air Force Col. Donald Majercik, state flight surgeon with the Vermont Air National Guard, is the first flight surgeon to have completed 1,000 hours in an F-16.
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Month: January 2013
U.S. Patriot crews arrived in Turkey
The U.S. military says Patriot missile crews have arrived in Turkey but the missiles themselves are due later.
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Satellite photos of new Chinese large transport aircraft
Danger Room has obtained two satellite photos of China’s new four-engined large transport aircraft at Yanliang test center.
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Panetta lets O’Reilly retire as 3-star
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has permitted the former director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to retire as a three-star general, rather than demote him first.
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Airbus Military begins flight tests of C295 winglets
Airbus Military has begun flight-testing a modification to add winglets to the C295 medium transport and surveillance aircraft.
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