The U.S. Air Force on Friday sacked the two-star general in charge of nuclear missiles after an investigation into alleged personal misbehavior.
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Category: Air Force
USAF finalized concept to rapidly refuel, rearm, and redeploy F-22s
The U.S. Air Force has come up with a new rapid response force concept that allows four F-22s, one C-17 and a maintenance team to quickly deploy and operate from unexpected locations.
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YouTube: Israeli Air Force aerial refueling exercise
Watch the long-range aerial refueling exercise by the IAF over Greek airspace.
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Embraer to upgrade A1M and E99 with Thales IFF
Embraer has awarded Thales a contract to supply IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) transponders for the upgrade of A1M fighters and E-99 AEW surveillance aircraft belonging to the Brazilian Air Force.
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Raytheon gets contract for Air and Missile Defense S-Band Radar
Raytheon has been awarded a $385,742,176 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for the engineering and modeling development phase design, development, integration, test and delivery of Air and Missile Defense S-Band Radar (AMDR-S) and Radar Suite Controller (RSC).
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