The last surviving Dornier Do-17 will be moving to two specially constructed tunnels at RAF Cosford as part of the efforts to conserve the warbird and put it up for display eventually.
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4-6 Attack Reconnaissance Squadron inactivated
The U.S. Army’s 4-6 Attack Reconnaissance Squadron was inactivated on Aug. 14 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The unit is the first to disband as part of a five-year plan to phase out all OH-58 Kiowa helicopters in the Army.
U.S. Army to perform independent software safety analyses for F-35
The F-35 Joint Program Office has selected the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center to perform independent software safety analyses of the aircraft.
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F-35 test planes cleared to fly 6 six hours before engine inspections
The Pentagon has further eased restrictions imposed on the F-35 test fleet by allowing the roughly twenty jets to to fly six hours between engine inspection if their missions involved aerial refueling missions and weapons testing.
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USAF General urged Pentagon to change way of buying satellites
Lt. Gen. John Hyten, vice commander of the U.S. Air Force Space Command, says the Pentagon should stop paying for non-recurring engineering costs to design, develop and test new satellites before buying them.
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