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AC-130U, # 89-0511, was retired to the boneyard at Davis-Monthan air force base on May 8. The gunship had the honor of being “the first Air Force aircrew and aircraft to sink a maritime combat surface vessel during a war effort since World War II.”
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South Korea’s Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd (KAI), which is bidding for the lucrative U.S. Air Force T-X jet trainer contract, has admitted that it paid $150,000 for consulting services on accounting matters to U.S. President Donald Trump’s private lawyer Michael Cohen’s firm.
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Lockheed Martin will deliver Turkey’s first F-35A stealth fighter on Jun. 21. The news comes as the U.S. Congress attempts to derail the process.
By U.S. Air Force photo/R. Nial Bradshaw (U.S. Air Force) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The fiscal year 2019 National Defense Authorization bill has included language directing the U.S. Navy to prepare aircraft carrier USS George Washington to operate the MQ-25 during its four-year midlife refueling and overhaul in Virginia.
By Official Navy Page from United States of America MCSN Declan Barnes/U.S. Navy [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Navy wants to follow in the Air Force’s footsteps and invest in a program to obtain a hard kill missile interceptor to protect its airborne platforms.
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