Egypt will be the biggest Airbus C295 transport operator when all 20 aircraft it ordered are delivered. The country placed an order for eight more aircraft on Jul. 16.
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DARPA selects three teams for XS-1 spaceplane program
Three teams have been awarded contracts under Phase 1 of DARPA’s XS-1 spaceplane program. Boeing, working with Blue Origin; Masten Space Systems working with XCOR Aerospace; and Northrop Grumman with Virgin Galactic will now develop concepts for a vehicle that can fly 10 times in 10 days and exceeding Mach 10 in flight.
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VMGR-152 relocates to MCAS Iwakuni
VMGR-152 has started its relocation back to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni from Okinawa after 49 years.
Photo by SSgt Charles G. Poag
Iranian F-4 crashed
The Iranian Air Force lost two pilots and one F-4 when the jet went down in the southern part of the country on Jul. 15.
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KC-46 was damaged by sprinkler malfunction
It has been revealed that the KC-46 being assembled at Boeing Everett was damaged by a sprinkler malfunction.
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