Category: Air Force

The 374th Civil Engineer Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan invited Shinto priests and a U.S. Air Force chaplain to bless a new fire engine on Nov. 25.

U.S. Air Force photo by Delano Scott Jr
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Popular Mechanics paid a visit to 162nd Wing at Tucson, Arizona to see how Iraqi fighters pilots adapted to an environment totally different from back home whilst they train to fly the F-16.

Photo: Lockheed Martin
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The United Nations peacekeeping force in Democratic Republic of the Congo had dispatched South African Rooivalk attack helicopters to carry out air strikes on rebel positions on Dec. 1.

By MONUSCO Photos (https://www.flickr.com/photos/monusco/16177665826/) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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British Members of Parliament vote 397 to 223 to launch airstrikes against ISIL in Syria. The vote came after more than 10 hours of debate.

By Ronnie Macdonald from Chelmsford, United Kingdom (Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 6Uploaded by russavia) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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