The U.S. Air Force has given contracts to Boeing and Northrop Grumman for the Ground-based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) phase one program.
Category: Air Force
Four CF-18s being deployed to Romania in September
As part of its contribution to enhanced NATO air policing, the Royal Canadian Air Force will send four CF-18 Hornets to Constanta, Romania, from September to December 2017.
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By John Davies – CYOW Airport Watch [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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RTAF training air marshals
The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has initiated a one-month air marshal training program. Grandaunts will be deployed with weapons on board airliners.
By Cyril Plapied (originally posted to Flickr as Thai Airways TG 920) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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F-35 Block 3F just one WDA event away from IOC
The F-35 Developmental Test team recently carried out a weapons delivery accuracy (WDA) surge as part of the development test of Block 3F software.
Photo by Darrin Russell/Lockheed Martin
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First tactical configuration LRASM launch from B-1B
Lockheed Martin announced that the first tactical configuration Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) launch from a B-1B has taken place on Aug. 17.
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