Aviation News
The 145th Airlift Wing of the North Carolina Air National Guard will transition to the C-17 in fiscal year 2018 and the tail flash of the aircraft was recently unveiled.
Photo: Staff Sgt. Laura J. Montgomery
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The U.S. Air Force will bring the F-35A to the Paris Airshow next month. The news came after earlier media reports saying the stealth jets will not be making their debut in France.
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Photo: U.S. Air Force
Indonesia is said to be refusing to take delivery of a AW101 helicopter that is already in the country.
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While the world was fixated over the French election, the X-37B fired its thrusters to deorbit and land at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility on May 7.
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U.S. Air Force courtesy photo
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Three airmen completed undergraduate remotely piloted aircraft training on May 5 and made history by becoming the first group of enlisted men to serve as pilots in the U.S. Air Force since World War 2.
U.S. Air Force illustration/Tech. Sgt. Ave I. Young