Aviation News
The B-52H bomber, #61-007, that was resurrected and flown out from The Boneyard in February, 2015 has completed its nine-month overhaul and upgrade at Tinker Air Force Base is now fully operational and has join the active strategic bomber fleet.
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Flight Global reports that the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command has requested funding in the FY 2018 defense budget for the modification of a AC-130W with a laser weapon.
“Airborne-laser” by US Air Force – http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/090618-F-0000X-101.jpg. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikipedia
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The Spanish Air Force has retired its Boeing 707 tanker/transport fleet with a ceremony at Torrejón de Ardoz base on Sept. 27, Jane’s reports.
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Whilst the Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows are performing across Asia-Pacific in the next few months, the service’s Eurofighters will be in the same region around that time for exercises with various air forces. The last stop for the European fighter will be South Korea.
Graphic: Royal Air Force
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Germany has identified a need to find a replacement for the Transall transport aircraft and Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen said a decision will be reached this Autumn.
By Camera operator: TSgt. Ken Hammond, USAF [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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