The U.S. Air Force activated the 63rd Fighter Squadron on Aug. 1 at Luke Air Force Base. The unit will be responsible for training F-35 pilots for Turkey.
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F-35A: The Road to United States Air Force Initial Operational Capability
MiG-29, Su-30SM to stage mock dogfight at Aviamix airshow
A Russian MiG-29 will dogfight a Su-30SM during the aerial display segment of the Aviamix airshow on Aug. 6.
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By Dmitry Terekhov from Odintsovo, Russian Federation (RF-93824 SU-30SM) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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F-35A is read for combat
After a long and difficult endeavor, the land-based variant of the F-35 has been declared combat ready by the U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command (ACC) on Aug. 2.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Jim Haseltine [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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S-300, S-400 repelled simulated air strikes by MiG-29SMTs
A recent exercise in Russia’s Western Military District saw S-300 and S-400 air defense systems stationed in Leningrad and Moscow regions repelled simulated air strikes carried out by 12 MiG-29SMT fighters.
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