A U-2 Major became the 30th pilot to reach 2,000 flight hours in the aircraft during a mission on Feb. 10 while deployed to the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron.
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Category: Air Force
Dutch F-35 gets F135 engine
The first Dutch F-35 has had its jet engine installed.
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Aurora Flight Sciences to develop unmanned A-10
Aurora Flight Sciences has been selected by Raytheon to be the air vehicle platform lead to develop an unmanned version of the A-10 under DARPA’s Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) program.
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Two injured during maintenance on RoCAF C-130
Two engineers were critically injured when the nose wheel of a C-130 exploded at Pingtung Air Force Base, Taiwan. One of them is in a coma.
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Al Fursan makes RIAT debut
The UAE’s Al Fursan aerobatics display team will be coming to the Royal International Air Tattoo in July for the first time.
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