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U.S. Air Force acquisition chief William LaPlante said his service is still thinking about a block buy of F-35s that the Pentagon is proposing.
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A convoy of sports utility vehicles full of Mexican tourist was mistaken to be Islamist militants and fired upon by a AH-64 attach helicopter on Sept. 13.
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The first U.S. Air Force F-35A squadron to achieve initial operating capability next year will have three missions to start off with, said Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian, director of the Air Force’s F-35 Integration Office.
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A KC-135 coming in to land at MacDill Air Force Base encountered a quadcopter that came within 20 feet of the tanker on Apr. 17.
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Rostec is formulating a plan to sell more military helicopters to Thailand in exchange for importing Thai commodities such as rubber, rice, food and fishery products.
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By Alec Wilson from Khon Kaen, Thailand (6402Uploaded by russavia) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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