Aviation News
Exercise Juniper Stallion 13, a combined, bilateral F-15/F-16 air-to-air exercise, by the U.S. European Command and the Israel Defense Forces has started.
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IDF photo
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The U.S. Air Force will study the economic and environmental feasibility of a proposal to lease land at Vandenberg Air Force Base to companies to extract offshore oil and gas.
Continue reading “USAF considers drilling for offshore oil at Vandenberg”
A student pilot and his instructor had to eject from a T-38 after the jet went down south of Sheppard Air Force Base at approximately 6:48 a.m. on Jul. 19.
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Moody Air Force Base received its first new model plane since the 1960s when a HC-130J Combat King II arrived on Jul. 19.
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U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jarrod Grammel
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Boeing and the U.S. Air Force has finished the KC-46 critical design review and is scheduled to be completed by Sept. 24.
Continue reading “KC-46 critical design review nearing completion”