Category: Air Force

Twelve F-16s with the 510th Fighter Squadron from Aviano Air Base, Italy are now at Kallax Air Base, Sweden for Arctic Challenge Exercise 2015.

U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Evelyn Chavez

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The pilot of a Bangladesh Air Force Mi-17 was apparently flown to Singapore for treatment after his helicopter crashed two weeks ago. Unfortunately, he died from injuries sustained during the accident on May 25.

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A RoCAF C-130 could not take off from Taiping island in the Spratly Islands on May 26 after the maintenance crew discovered an issue with one of the flaps.

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The F-16 will depart from controlled flight and enter a deep stall during a high angle of attack low-speed maneuver. Test pilots from Edwards AFB recently traveled to Europe to teach USAFE pilots on how to avoid that situation.

U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Kyla Gifford

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The Royal Australian Air Force has declared Final Operational Capability for its fleet of six E-7A Wedgetail aircraft.

YSSYguy at English Wikipedia [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons

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