Category: Air Force

Northrop Grumman’s BAC 1-11 test aircraft equipped with AN/APG-81 AESA radar and AN/AAQ-37 DAS was deployed to Alaska for Northern Edge 15. However, the story was pulled after publication.

U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. William Banton

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For the first time, the U.S. Air Force Weapons School will award a graduate patch for those who completed the Joint Terminal Attack Controller Weapons Instructor Course and the JTAC Advanced Instructor Course.

By Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/1705497) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Israel hopes Croatia would be interested in acquiring its surplus F-16A/B fighters. If selected, IAI will upgrade the jets to the ACE configuration which will have a EL/M-2032 radar and 5 x 7in color displays.

By Israel Defense Forces from Israel (Air Force Exercise in Sardinia, Nov 2010) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Australia’s request to buy fourteen AGM-88B and sixteen AGM-88E anti-radiation missiles have been approved by the U.S. State Department.

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