The first of three C-130J for Oman has made its maiden flight and is scheduled for delivery later this year.
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Category: Air Force
First F-35 airborne weapons separation test
F-35B test aircraft BF-3 has completed the first airborne weapons separation test for the JSF program. Flown by Lockheed Martin test pilot Dan Levin, BF-3 executed an inert 1,000-pound GBU-32 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) separation weapon over water in an Atlantic test range .
Lockheed Martin/Andy Wolfe
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RAAF F/A-18 pilot flies F-22 at JBER
Royal Australian Air Force Flight Lt. Mark Biele is one year into his three-year exchange with the 90th Fighter Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska as a F-22 pilot.
U.S. Air Force photo/David Bedard
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Indonesia won’t buy more FLANKERs, will rely on upgraded F-16s
Instead of buying more Su-27s, 30s from Sukhoi, Indonesia has decided to boost its air defense with upgraded F-16s and K-FX fighters in the longer term.
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Egypt launches airstrikes against Muslim militants
Egyptian Apache helicopters attacked suspected Islamic militants in the Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday in the first such air strike since 1973.
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