Mexico has retired its F-5E/F fleet on Sept. 16 after 34-years of service. The aircraft was operated by 401 Squadron.
Category: Air Force
The man nominated to lead ACC wants new light attack aircraft to supplement A-10
Lt. Gen. James M. “Mike” Holmes, who has been nominated to be the next chief of Air Combat Command (ACC), told Defense News that he has pitched the idea of buying a new light attack aircraft to his bosses.
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U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. David Kujawa
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B-21 Raider
The U.S. Air Force has chosen Raider as the name for its B-21 stealth bomber.
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Graphic: USAF
RAAF warplanes were involved in botched air strike on Syrian government forces
The Australia government admitted that its warplanes were involved in an air strike that accidentally killed 62 Syrian government soldiers last week.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Corey Hook [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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India will use Rafale for nuclear strike role
Anonymous defense officials told The Sunday Express that New Delhi is willing to buy a small number of Dassault Rafale fighters is because the aircraft has been identified as the platform to take over the nuclear strike role from the IAF’s Mirage 2000 fighters.
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By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (Rafale – RIAT 2013) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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