The Royal Air Force Lockheed TriStar tanker transport has made its last appearance at Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) with a single flypast.
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USAF, IAF starts Exercise Juniper Stallion 13
Exercise Juniper Stallion 13, a combined, bilateral F-15/F-16 air-to-air exercise, by the U.S. European Command and the Israel Defense Forces has started.
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MQ-8C Fire Scout delivered to U.S. Navy
Northrop Grumman has delivered the first MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned system to the Naval Air Systems Command this month.
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Sequestration undercutting USN’s ability to respond rapidly to future crises around the globe
Admiral Jonathan Greenert, the chief of naval operations, said he now only has one fully prepared carrier strike group and one amphibious assault group in reserve to response to a global crisis due to budget cuts.
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USAF considers drilling for offshore oil at Vandenberg
The U.S. Air Force will study the economic and environmental feasibility of a proposal to lease land at Vandenberg Air Force Base to companies to extract offshore oil and gas.
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