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A Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18F and King Air will be part of the flypast segment lead by the Papua New Guinea Defence Force during the country’s Independence Day celebrations on Sept. 16.
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By Eugene Butler [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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At the annual Air Force Association conference in Washington, Lockheed Martin unveil its proposed tactical reconnaissance aircraft to replace the U-2.
Graphic: Lockheed Martin
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A U.S. Air Force C-17 help transport two French Puma helicopters from Djibouti to N’Djamena on the intersecting boarders of Libya, Chad and Niger.
U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Donald W. Randall
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All guided firing trials of the MBDA Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) on the Eurofighter have been carried out at the British Hebrides range.
By Georges Seguin (Okki) (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Air Force has announced plans to send another detachment of A-10s, from 23rd Wing at Moody Air Force Base, to Europe as part of a second theater security package.
By English: Airman 1st Class Benjamin Wiseman, U.S. Air Force (www.defense.gov) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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