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The U.S. Marine Corps is planning to send the F-35B to this year’s Royal International Air Tattoo and Farnborough Airshow in the United Kingdom this year, Lt. Gen. Jon Davis said.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Katerina Slivinske [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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French Navy Rafale Ms took fuel from a KC-135 assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron over Iraq on Jan. 8.
U.S. Air Force photos by Tech. Sgt. Nathan Lipscomb
In this Oped on Wall Street Journal, Daniel Z. Katz – the director for defense analysis at Aviation Week Intelligence and Data Services – urge the U.S. government to station a fighter wing, air-refueling tankers and P-8 on Luzon, Philippines.
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By LCpl Jose D. Lujano [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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U.S. Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Aviation Lt. Gen. Jon Davis declared the RQ-21A has achieved Initial Operational Capability (IOC) on Jan. 31.
Photo: U.S. Navy
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The current rotor blades fitted on the V-22 are too labor-intensive to manufacture and Bell Helicopter will test a blade under the manufacturer’s Advanced Technology Tiltrotor (ATTR) program.
By U.S. Federal Government employee (U.S. Federal Government) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons