Facing criticism, the Royal Canadian Air Force is evaluating a plan to provide daily 30 minutes response time search-and-rescue on the country’s east coast.
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Category: Air Force
EC725, AW149 and S-70i are contenders for Polish helicopter contest
Three helicopters – the EC725, AW149 and S-70i Black Hawk/S-70B Seahawk – are running in the competition for the Polish helicopter contest.
New weapons for new platforms
Aviation Week examines the future crop of new weapons that are expected to arm new platforms such as the F-35.
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Turkish Air Force shuns indigenous aircraft
While Turkey has produced two indigenous aircraft to meet the needs of its military, the latter is reluctant to accept both into service.
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ACC: Manning levels for USAF UAV fleet at breaking point
Head of Air Combat Command, Gen. Herbert Carlisle, has written a memo to the U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh, warning him that the manning levels of the service’s unmanned aircraft fleet is at a critical point.
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