Ilyushin’s chief designer, Nikolai Talikov, was quoted as saying that the new Il-78M-90A aerial refueling tanker is on schedule to start flight tests this year.
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Malaysia to conduct VSHORAD live-firing exercise
The Malaysian Armed Forces announced earlier that it will be conducting a very short-range air defense (VSHORAD) system live-firing exercise in Johor next week.
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F-35 will be flying till 2070
F-35 Joint Program Office Chief Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan told reporters that the F-35 will be flying till 2070, six years longer than planned.
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Raytheon’s subsidiary to convert 2 AGM-86s into high-power microwave weapons
Raytheon’s subsidiary Ktech has been given a $4.8 million contract to convert two AGM-86 air-launched cruise missiles into high-power microwave weapons.
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All-female USAF missile alert crews and B-52 aircrews
In honor of Women’s History Month, ninety female missileers at Minot Air Force Base; F.E. Warren AFB; and Malmstrom AFB completed a 24-hour alert shift on Mar. 22.
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