Despite progress shown by the F-35 development program, the most challenging tests lies ahead with only one-fifth of testing done so far.
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Category: Air Force
Charge of planning air raid using F-16 dropped against retired Pakistani General
A Pakistani military court has dropped a charge against a retired general of planning to use an F-16 to raid the Army headquarters.
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RAF Tornados to train with 162nd Fighter Wing in Tucson
The Royal Air Force will deploy nine Tornados to train with the U.S. Air National Guard’s 162nd Fighter Wing at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
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Russia buys missiles for its S-400
Avangard has been given a contract by Russia’s defense ministry to supply missiles for the S-400 air defense system.
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Raytheon still not delivering AIM-120 fast enough to U.S. Air Force, Navy
Raytheon is still struggling to deliver AIM-120 missiles for the Air Force and the Navy. Raytheon had so far delivered 359 missiles out of 552 contracted.
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