The U.S. Marine Corps flew a F-35B from MCAS Yuma to Luke Air Force Base on Dec. 10 for visiting Singaporean defense officials to take a close look at the aircraft.
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Category: Air Force
Bird strike behind T-38 crash in July
The U.S. Air Force determined that a bird strike caused a T-38 to crash this July in Texas.
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Turkish Anka UAV crashed
A TAI Anka UAV crashed while undergoing operational test flights at a military base in Batman, southeastern Turkey on Dec. 6.
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It’s time for Operation Christmas Drop again
The U.S. Air Force is carrying out Operation Christmas Drop over remote islands of Micronesia in the Western Pacific this week.
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RAF Chinook forced to land in West Bank
A RAF helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing in West Bank on Dec. 8 while traveling from Jordan to Cyprus.
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