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Earlier estimate of upgrading the RQ-4 with new sensors for $4 billion might be too conservative, Lt. Gen. Robert Otto, deputy chief of staff for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance believes it can be done at half the price.
U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andy M. Kin
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Despite setting a world record in December, the U.S. Air Force appears to have stop testing the Orion unmanned aerial vehicle from Aurora Flight Sciences.
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Photo: Aurora Flight Sciences
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Two days ago, we spoke on two relatively unknown PLAAF aerobatic teams – Red Eagle and Sky Wing. Now the PLAAF has published an official video of the Red Eagle.
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A convoy of sports utility vehicles full of Mexican tourist was mistaken to be Islamist militants and fired upon by a AH-64 attach helicopter on Sept. 13.
By Capt. David Dunn (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/1975934) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The first U.S. Air Force F-35A squadron to achieve initial operating capability next year will have three missions to start off with, said Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian, director of the Air Force’s F-35 Integration Office.
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U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw
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