Francis Gary Powers to receive Silver Star

U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers will be awarded the Silver Star posthumously after the Air Force Board for the Correction of Military Records agreed that he was on active duty when he was shot down over the Soviet Union.

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V-22 painted in Canadian colors

As part of a sales campaign to sell the V-22 to Canada for its search-and rescue needs, Boeing/Bell painted a V-22 fuselage in Canadian colors and the interior was fitted with equipment for a search-and-rescue mission.

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South Korea to evaluate F-35 using simulators

South Korea will send test pilots to the United States in the upcoming months to test the F-15SE and F-35. Lockheed Martin has refused to let any South Korean fly its aircraft and Seoul will have to rely on simulators.

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