Category: Air Force

A Venezuelan Super Puma helicopter crashed while on an anti-drug operation, seven soldiers on board died.

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Pakistan has insisted that the United States stop using CIA drones to carry out air strikes in the country and has proposed to take over the mission using its F-16s.

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The 148th Fighter Wing has declared itself fully mission capable with the F-16 Block 50 fighter after two-years of training.

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Australia will spend another $19 million on 12 of its Super Hornets that were wired to be upgradable to EA-18G. But Canberra will stop short of fully committing itself to the conversion, which is expected to cost $500 million eventually.

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Reuters has obtained a Pentagon document which projects the total cost to develop, buy and operate the F-35 over the next 50-plus years at $1.45 trillion.
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