The Royal Australian Air Force has refuted a media report saying a C-17 pilot failed to land the aircraft after three attempts.
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Category: Air Force
F-35A fire was “isolated incident”
Breaking Defense was told that the F-35A fire at Eglin Air Force Base on Jun. 23 was an isolated incident and will not affect the entire fleet.
Mexico requests sale of 5 UH-60M Black Hawks
Mexico has requested a possible sale of 5 UH-60M Black Hawks for an estimated cost of $225 million.
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Cost of upgrading F-35 reduced by $920 million
The Pentagon projected that it will only have to spend $1.65 billion instead of $2.57 billion to upgrade and fix problems found on early production batches of the F-35.
F-35A caught fire during take-off at Eglin AFB
A F-35A had to abort its take-off at Eglin Air Force Base on Jun. 23 after the tail caught fire.
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