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The U.S. Air Force’s 55th Fighter Squadron at Shaw Air Force Base hosted past and present members of the Wild Weasel community from Jun. 5-6 for the 50th anniversary of the first Wild Weasel strike.
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Photo: USAF
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India has told U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter that it wishes to purchase two intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) aircraft from Raytheon using the FMS process.
Photo: SAC Ben Stevenson/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command (AETC) has made available images of the F-35A that had a serious engine fire that damaged the rear two thirds of the aircraft.
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Photos: USAF
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Store separation testing of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet was recently conducted in the 16-foot transonic wind tunnel (16T) at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex.
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Photo: Lockheed Martin
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The 82nd Aerial Target Squadron flew its final QF-4 Phantom mission May 27 at Tyndall Air Force Base.
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U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alex Echols
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