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Last month, the U.S. Air Force’s 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron carried out a demonstration to covert commercial-grade aircraft fuel (Jet A-1) into military-grade aircraft fuel (JP-8) at King Abdulaziz International Airport, Saudi Arabia.
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Current flight testing of the Boeing T-7A has revealed a wing rock issue with the advanced jet trainer. Couple with other issues affecting the development program, the U.S. Air Force has decided to delay the full-rate production decision from 2022 to 2023.
Photo: U.S. Air Force
Three F-22s were scrambled from Hawaii on Jun. 13 and the U.S. military and the FAA were not willing to disclose the reason, now CBS has reported that the fighters were launched together with a KC-135 after Russian bombers approach the island.
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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov told reporters that a two-seat variant of the Su-57 will be developed for the export market.
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The Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) land-based intercontinental ballistic missile system (ICBM) is expected to make its first flight in 2023, GBSD program manager Col. Jason Bartolomei disclosed on Jun. 14.
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