Category: Air Force

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.

U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw
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A Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18F and King Air will be part of the flypast segment lead by the Papua New Guinea Defence Force during the country’s Independence Day celebrations on Sept. 16.

By Eugene Butler [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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A U.S. Air Force C-17 help transport two French Puma helicopters from Djibouti to N’Djamena on the intersecting boarders of Libya, Chad and Niger.

U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Donald W. Randall

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