During his meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama, Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas proposed to swap his country’s eight Mi-17s and up to 24 Mi-24s helicopters for 16 Boeing MH-6 helicopters.
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Category: Air Force
USAF F-16 pilot had GLOC before crash
A U.S. Air Force F-16 pilot who died in a crash in the Nevada desert had blacked out from GLOC.
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USAF’s new bomber won’t have nuclear capability initially
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz testified before Congress on Wednesday that his service’s new long-range strike bomber will not be certified for nuclear missions initially.
Canada buying just enough F-35s to meet “minimum operational” requirements
Gen. Walt Natynczyk, Canada’s chief of defense staff, told lawmakers that the number of F-35s the government is planning to buy “is the minimum operational essential for the needs of Canada.”
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Turkish F-4 crashed
A Turkish Air Force F-4 fighter crashed in central Turkey near noon time on Thursday. Both crew members did not survive the crash.