The U.S. Air Force announced that the Boeing 747-8 has been selected as the next presidential aircraft, commonly known as Air Force One.
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Category: Air Force
New method to transport infectious patients tested on C-17
Airmen from Joint Base Charleston and the U.S. Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center build, test and evaluate the Transport Isolation System (TIS) on a C-17 last year.
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U.S. Air Force photo by Chief Master Sgt. Bryan DuBois
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Indian man distributing wedding invitations hit by MiG-27 wreckage
A 26 year-old man riding his motorcycle to distribute invitation cards of his wedding was hit by wreckage from a Indian Air Force MiG-27 that crash at Mahabar village.
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4 CV-22s will temporarily be at Kirtland AFB until USPACOM finds them a new home
Four CV-22s will temporarily go to Kirtland Air Force Base because U.S. Pacific Command has yet to finalized arrangements with the countries they will eventually be based.
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AC-130J will get 105mm cannon and eventually a laser weapon
Lt. Gen. Bradley Heithold, head of U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command, told Breaking Defense that the AC-130J will be integrated with a 105mm gun from the third production aircraft onwards.
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