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Two F-35As from the 58th Fighter Squadron dropped two GBU-12s at Shelby Range Complex, Florida on Mar. 3. This is the first time the F-35As assigned to Eglin Air Force Base have employed their weapons.
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The director of the U.S. Air Force’s F-35 integration office at the Pentagon told IHS Jane’s that a software bug is interfering with the 3i software on F-35A. Pilots are forced to restart the AESA radar while in flight.
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U.S. Air Fore Secretary Deborah Lee James has named the seven subcontractors working with prime Northrop Grumman on the B-21 bomber program.
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VMFA-314 packed up and traveled from MCAS Iwakuni to JASDF Komatsu Air Base on Mar. 7 for the Komatsu Aviation Training Relocation exercise.
Photo: U.S. Marine Corps
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White House Homeland Security adviser Lisa Monaco announced during a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations on Mar. 7 that the statistics on number of people killed by U.S. drone strikes will become public.
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