Lockheed Martin has completed Canada’s order of 17 CC-130J Super Hercules with the last delivered on May 8.
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Category: Air Force
Venlet: Good old fashioned engineering is going to take care of “F-35’s problems”
Vice Adm. David Venlet told three members of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s air-land panel that current problems with the F-35 is not something engineering cannot fix.
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KC-46 completes Preliminary Design Review
The KC-46 Tanker program has completed a Preliminary Design Review (PDR) with the U.S. Air Force and is cleared for detail design.
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Some in Taiwan’s military wish to abandon F-16s and wait for F-35B
According to media reports from Taiwan, some military leaders are suggesting that the island abandons its efforts to buy new F-16s save the funds for the F-35B.
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South Korea, U.S. launch largest air drill
Exercise Max Thunder has started on Monday in South Korea with 60 military aircraft taking part. This year is the biggest since the exercise was introduced in 2008 as a biannual event.
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