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U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson has told representative Joe Courtney that the service has decided not to proceed with a plan to replace two refrigerators on board Air Force One that was expected to cost taxpayers $24 million.
By U.S. Air Force File Photo. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Two HQ-9 air defense missile systems that China deployed on Woody Island in the Paracel Archipelago has disappeared, commercial satellite photos from iSi has revealed.
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has cleared the way for Northrop Grumman to buy over defense contractor Orbital ATK.
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The Pentagon has confirmed that two B-52 bombers took off from the British outpost in Diego Garcia and flew across the Indian Ocean to conduct training in the South China Sea.
Graphic: @AircraftSpots
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Four F-35s are due to arrive home at RAF Marham for good on Jun. 5 but the trip has been postponed due to bad weather.
Photo: SAC Tim Laurence/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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