At the Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida on Feb. 26, U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James revealed the service’s planned Arsenal Plane Concept in a video presentation.
Month: February 2016
Tu-214R over Syria with two FLANKERs escorting behind
Taiwan to build 3 air defense catamarans
Taiwan is to build three 2,500-ton air defense catamarans that will be armed with three types of indigenous anti-air missiles.
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Australia’s 2016 Defense Whitepaper spells out vertical lift requirements for next 20 years
Australia has published its 2016 Defense Whitepaper and one of the recommendation is to phase out the Tiger attack helicopter in around ten years time.
Bidgee [CC BY-SA 3.0 au], via Wikimedia Commons
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First five-ship MC-130J formation flight in Pacific region
MC-130Js from the 17th Special Operations Squadron came together to fly the first five-ship formation flight in the Pacific region on Feb. 17.
U.S. Air Force photos/Senior Airman Peter Reft
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