Category: Air Force

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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Russian deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin has throw cold water on the plan to build a new long-range manned bomber to replace the Tu-160 and Tu-95.
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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 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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The Israeli military will meet to discuss on the new multi-year program later this month and included in the itinerary is for a second F-35 squadron.

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