The U.S. Pacific Command now has an integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) capability when the Pacific Integrated Air and Missile Defense Center officially commenced operations on Oct. 1 in Hawaii.
Category: Air Force
RCAF tested CH-147F’s Arctic navigation capability
The Royal Canadian Air Force recently flew two CH-147Fs from Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Petawawa, Ontario, to Alert, Nunavut, and then to Iqaluit, on Baffin Island, Nunavut to test the aircraft’s ability to navigate in the Arctic region.
Italy sending 4 Tornados to Kuwait
Italian Defense Minister Roberta Pinotti said four Tornado fighter bombers along with 135 support staff will deploy to Ahmed Al Jaber air base in Kuwait for reconnaissance missions over Iraq.
Three Minuteman ICBM bases had to share one wrench
A review into the state of America’s nuclear missile forces revealed that maintenance crews at all three ICBM bases in North Dakota, Wyoming and Montana had to share one single wrench
to install a nuclear warhead atop a missile.
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BAE sues South Korea over F-16 upgrade
BAE Systems has filed a suit with a U.S. court to block South Korea from claiming a $43.26 million bid bond that the company had deposited in order to carry out the upgrade of Seoul’s F-16s.
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