The first production lot of Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Extended Range (JASSM-ER) missile has been delivered to Dyess Air Force Base.
Category: Air Force
MiG-31BM starts QRA duty
Two upgraded MiG-31BMs have been put on combat alert duty at an airbase in Tver Region in western Russia.
USAF 773rd Airlift Squadron deactivated
The 910th Airlift Wing at Youngstown Air Reserve Station is now left with only one C-130 squadron after the 773rd Airlift Squadron was deactivated on Apr. 6.
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U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rick Lisum
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Boeing to shut C-17 line 3 months earlier, cut 3 aircraft
Boeing has determined that the C-17 line will shut down three months earlier than planned and the company will produce three fewer aircraft in 2015.
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Deptula: B-52s and MOPs for Israel
Retired Lt. Gen. David Deptula and Dr. Michael Makovsky said that the U.S. government should supply B-52 bombers and the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) to Israel.