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Textron AirLand may not enter the U.S. Air Force’s T-X jet trainer competition as it feels the requirements set are too high for its Scorpion to achieve.
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Frankfurter Rundschau (FR) newspaper reported that across Europe, air bases that allegedly store the American B-61 nuclear bombs are being upgraded.
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Aviation Week scored an exclusive interview with Brig. Gen. Duke Richardson, the program executive officer for all U.S. Air Force tanker programs, and he was able to shed some light on the difficulties Boeing encountered while designing the fuel system for the KC-46A.
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Indonesian news media TribunKaltim.co said two U.S. military aircraft were intercepted at 14:32 p.m. on Sept. 23 east of Natuna airport.
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When the U.S. Air Force’s 129th Rescue Wing needed to have their HH-60Gs undergo their 600-hour phase inspections, the unit choose the Navy’s Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) to carry out the job.
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U.S. Navy Photo by Victor Pitts
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