Category: Air Force

The folks at CIGeography have done it again, this time they are tackling all the aircraft in the U.S. Air Force in a six-part info-graphic posters.

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A Western diplomat told Today’s Zama that the Turkish government has offered the use of more air bases to the United States.

Photo: SAC Helen Farrer RAF Mobile News Team/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons

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A Afghan Mi-17 military helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan on Aug. 6, killing all 17 on board.

By U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Keith Brown [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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F-35A performed its first aerial refueling with a foreign air force tanker when AF-4 took fuel from an Italian Air Force KC-767A at Edwards Air Force Base on Jul. 29.

Photo: F-35 Intergraded Test Force

The Italian Air Force has certified the Guardian aerial firefighting system for use on the Lockheed Martin C-130J.

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