Category: Air Force

The Argentine Air Force has converted one of its Learjet 35A into an electronic attack platform to replace its Boeing 707 VR-2.

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Commander of Air Combat Command, Gen. Herbert J. Carlisle, told reporters in Washington that he is ready to send the F-35A into combat this year once the jet achieved Initial Operating Capability.

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Czech officials disclosed that the U.S. Air Force will send its B-1 and B-52 bombers to participate in this year’s iteration of Ample Strike.

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Pacific Air Forces will be dispatching F-15s from 44th Fighter Squadron, 18th Wing, Kadena Air Base, Japan and F-16s from 13th Fighter Squadron, 35th Fighter Wing, Misawa Air Base, Japan to Malaysia next week for exercise Cope Taufan 16.

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Russian ambassador to NATO Alexander Grushko said Moscow is willing to have its military pilots turn on their aircraft’s transponders on certain flight routes if NATO reciprocate.

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