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The George and Barbara Bush Foundation has approached the U.S. Air Force to request that a VC-25A be loaned out as a permanent exhibit from 2025.
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Retired Lt. Col. Richard “Dick” E. Cole, the last survivor of the “Doolittle Raid,” died Apr. 9, in San Antonio. Nine days before the 77th anniversary of the famous air raid.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.
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MBDA has conducted the first firing of the Brimstone 3 missile in Sweden last month.
In 1964, a KH-4A Corona satellite spotted a site in Tallinn, Soviet Estonia under construction. The discovery lead the Americans to believe that the Soviets are setting up an anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system at the site.
George Chernilevsky [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The former commander of 56th Training squadron and F-35 test pilot, retired Lt. Col. Matthew Hayden, was killed in a small plane crash in Ohio on Mar. 17.
Photo: USAF
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