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.
Category: Air Force
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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Al Fursan, Black Eagles may perform at Zhuhai airshow 2014
Organizers of the Zhuhai Airshow had their first meeting on Jun. 16, sources say RoKAF’s Black Eagles and UAE’s Al Fursan aerobatic teams have been invited to this year’s show.
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