Category: Air Force

The U.S. Air Force is on the lookout to replace or upgrade its fleet of 178 Hawker Beechcraft T-1A Jayhawk jet trainers.

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The Pentagon announced that the 65th Air Base Wing at Lajes Field, Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal will drawdown and become an air base group by the end of fiscal year 2014.

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Canada said Wednesday that it would reconsider plans to buy 65 F-35s and Defense Minister Peter MacKay said the government will consider other options.

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The Royal Australian Air Force’s fleet of 24 F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft have achieved Final Operational Capability (FOC).

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The JASDF scrambled eight F-15Js and one E-2C to intercept a Y-12F from China’s state oceanic administration, which flew past south of one of the disputed islets, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, this morning.
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