Three Airmen with the 58th Aircraft Maintenance Unit became the first qualified operational weapons load crew for the F-35A during a qualification load at Eglin Air Force Base on Oct. 10.
Category: Air Force
Aries Flight 70th Anniversary
The first British aircraft to circumnavigate the globe carried out the feat in secret seventy years ago on Oct. 21.
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Canada’s CF-188 Hornets depart for Operation Impact
The Royal Canadian Air Force has deployed its six CF-18s to the Middle East as part of its contribution to coalition assistance to security forces in Iraq.
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Elbit Systems given F-5 upgrade contract by RTAF
Elbit Systems Ltd has been given a contract by the Royal Thai Air Force to upgrade its F-5 fleet.
Lockheed Martin behind schedule to deliver 14 F-35s
Lockheed Martin is supposed to deliver 36 F-35s to the Pentagon this year, however, 14 aircraft are still at the factory.
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