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The RQ-170 that crashed in Iran probably had some sort of technology imported from the F-22. According to Aviation Week, the sensors are housed in an internal compartment with specially treated transparent panels.
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Raytheon has completed the first Configuration-3 Patriot radar upgrade for Kuwait.
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A F-86E Sabre fighter at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii has been repainted and dedicated to Korean War ace retired Lt. Gen. Winton W. “Bones” Marshall.
U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Gustavo Gonzalez
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A group of former U.S. Air Force majors plan to sue the government for firing them last year just as they are about to reach within six years of retirement.
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Two plane spotters were apparently waved through a military checkpoint at RAF Odiham and were taking photos of Chinooks and Lynx when it was discovered that they were not authorized inside the base.
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