Five RAF C-130Js were grounded earlier this year after a freak hailstorm in Kandahar airbase, Afghanistan.
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Category: Air Force
First RQ-4 Block 40 combat deployment
Grand Forks Air Force Base announced that the RQ-4 Block 40 has deployed to a war zone on Sept. 19, 2013.
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Grandson of Enola Gay’s pilot certified to fly B-52
Col. Paul Tibbets IV, U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command deputy director of operations, was certified to fly the B-52H recently.
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Hawk T2 marked its 10000 flying hour
The RAF’s Hawk T2 marked its 10000th flying hour at RAF Valley on Nov. 18.
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USAF won’t buy adaptor to fit U-2 sensors on RQ-4
The U.S. Air Force has dropped a plan to buy a “universal payload adapter” to attach sensors from the U-2 to the RQ-4.
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