The Australian government has requested to buy 10 C-27J cargo planes via the Foreign Military Sale program.
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Category: Air Force
Last U.S. flight out of Iraq
Christian Science Monitor has the story on the last U.S. flight out of Iraq, a C-17 that departed on Saturday night.
[thumb]http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2011/1218/Iraq-war-ends-what-it-was-like-on-the-last-US-flight-out[/thumb]
Last member of the B-52 design team dies
Holden Withington, one of the six engineers that came up with the B-52 bomber design, has passed away on Dec. 9.
[thumb]http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Designer-of-B-52-plane-dies-2409930.php[/thumb]
Photo: Upgraded E-2Ts returned to Taiwan
Two RoCAF E-2Ts that were sent to the United States last year for upgrades have returned home on Dec. 17.
Credit: Taiwan Ministry of Defense
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RAF still has too many trainee pilots
Despite sacking 170 trainee pilots earlier this year, the Royal Air Force has found itself with 150 extra trainee pilots waiting to complete the flying program.
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