Category: Air Force

The U.S. Air Force will struggle to find the budget necessary to maintain 1,900 fighter aircraft – as mandated by law – after 2021, Lara Seligman reports.

By U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jerry Morrison (KC-10 Extender) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Israeli Air Force is installing a Missile Approach Warning (MAW) system on board its CH-53 helicopter fleet as part of a comprehensive upgrade program to keep them flying till 2025.

By Oren Rozen (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Those working at RAF Brize Norton encountered a pair of rare visitors on May 23 when a U.S. Air Force F-15E, assigned to RAF Lakenheath, had to make an emergency landing there. The jet was accompanied by another F-15E.

By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (F15 Eagles – RAF Lakenheath July 2009) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Watch the two Dutch F-35As arriving at Leeuwarden Air Base, Netherlands on May 23.

The Vulcan to the Sky Trust aims to return English Electric Canberra WK163 back to flight with a new campaign.

By Mike Freer – Touchdown-aviation [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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