Sixty warbirds will fly into Point Cook, south-west of Melbourne today to celebrate the 90th birthday of the Royal Australian Air Force.
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Lockheed Martin awarded $789.8 million THAAD production contract
Lockheed Martin has received a production contract totaling $789.8 million to produce the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System for the Missile Defense Agency.
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Distance kept F-22 away from action in Libya
Leaders of the U.S. Air Force told the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee that it was distance that kept the F-22 away from action in Libya.
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Donley: USAF prepared to buy 80 to 100 new bombers
At a hearing the lawmakers, U.S. Air Force Secretary Michael Donley said his service will buy between 80 to 100 new stealth bombers.
VMA-211 AV-8B crashed after take-off from USS Boxer
A AV-8B Harrier from VMA-211 has crashed shortly after departing USS Boxer in the Gulf of Aden on Tuesday. The pilot was promptly picked up by a MH-60S Seahawk after the accident.