U.S. Air Force officials warned Congress that unless additional funding is approved or either the A-10 fleet is retired, the Air Force could be forced to retire the entire B-1 fleet or 350 F-16s instead to achieve savings.
Category: Air Force
USAF found a way to save Taiwan’s F-16 upgrade program
Taiwan can still upgrade its F-16A/B fleet despite the U.S. Air Force withdrawing funding for the Combat Avionics Programmed Extension Suite (CAPES)
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DSLR was the cause of A330 Voyager’s sudden loss of altitude
A RAF Voyager MRTT, tail number ZZ333, was cruising over Turkish airspace on Feb. 9 when the jet suddenly lost altitude and plunged 4,440ft. Investigations showed the captain’s digital SLR camera jammed next to the side-stick controller.
Croatia expecting to get back its MiG-21s from Ukraine
Good new for the Croatian Air Force as it expects to seven MiG-21s that were sent to Ukraine for upgrading will return home soon.
Britain offers to send Eurofighters to bolster NATO Air Policing mission
British Secretary of State for Defence Philip Hammond said London is willing to send it Eurofighters to Lithuania to bolster the NATO-led Baltic Air Policing Mission there.
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