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8th AF commander: AGM-183 could be a temporary measure while B-21 will fly in 2022

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In a livestream event with AFA’s Mitchell Institute, the 8th Air Force commander Maj. Gen. Mark E. Weatherington, says the AGM-183 Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon could be a temporary measure for the service to experiment with concepts of operation.


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AFSAC awards $36.1 million construction contract for Nigerian A-29 beddown

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The U.S. Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate’s Foreign Military Sales Construction Division awarded a $36.1 million contract to the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District to support the beddown of a A-29 Super Tucano wing at an air base in Nigeria.

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A USAF CV-22 is stranded 23 miles south of Fort Sumner

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A U.S. Air Force CV-22 tiltrotor assigned to the 20th Special Operations Squadron has been stranded in a field about 23 miles south of Fort Sumner since Aug. 10.

A U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey from the 20th Special Operations Squadron, Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., flies over New Mexico to take Lt. Gen. Jim Slife, Air Force Special Operations Command commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Cory Olson, AFSOC command chief, out to Melrose Air Force Range July 15, 2019. The 20th SOS showed CV-22 capabilities including low-level maneuvers and landing operations. While out at MAFR, they received a briefing from wing leadership about the full capabilities of the range. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Vernon R. Walter III)

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#SunsetSunday

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The sun sets over Dover Air Force Base, Del., as Airmen work on the flightline Aug. 12, 2020. The 436th Airlift Wing generates global strategic airlift with both C-5M Super Galaxy and C-17A Globemaster III aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Quail)