Category: Air Force

In honor of Women’s History Month, ninety female missileers at Minot Air Force Base; F.E. Warren AFB; and Malmstrom AFB completed a 24-hour alert shift on Mar. 22.

U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Collin Schmidt
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News outlets in Croatia said the Defense Ministry has started an investigation into a deal with Ukrspecexport for the repair of seven MiG-21s and the purchase of five jets from Ukraine.

By Jerry Gunner (Flickr: MiG-21UMD “Mongol” of Croatian AF) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Retired Col. Avery Kay was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery on Mar. 11. Considered as the father of the A-10, Warthogs flew a Missing Man formation over the burial service.

Air & Space/Smithsonian contributing editor Ed Darack has written a piece on the secretive RQ-170. Hit the source for the full story.

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