Aviation News
On a mission in support of Operation Inherent Resolve on Jun. 23, a MQ-9 dropped a GBU-38 JDAM munition in combat for the first time.
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U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christian Clausen
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Slovakia has taken delivery of its first two of nine Sikorsky UH-60M utility helicopters at Prešov airport on Jun. 26.
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The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress that the Trump administration has cleared the sale of 56 AGM-154C JSOW missiles and 50 AGM-88B anti-radiation missiles to Taiwan.
By MSgt Michael Ammons (US Air Force) (www.af.mil) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Germany and Norway have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to join a European multinational tanker transport program.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Christian Turner [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Air Force has placed a sole-source order for 70 GBU-69/B Small Glide Munitions (SGMs) with Dynetics. The contract also has an option to buy 30 more weapons.
Graphic: Dynetics
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