Aviation News
A pair of U.S. Air Force F-22s help protect Special Forces operators on the ground in Syria from Syrian Su-24 fighter bombers on Aug. 19.
By U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Ben Bloker [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Flight Deck Veterans Group (FDVG) has finished restoring F-14A BuNo. 160403 at the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) High Sky Wing in Midland, Texas. The group will unveil the aircraft on Aug. 27 and retired Vice Admiral David Venlet will be there as well.
By U.S. Navy photo. (www.news.navy.mil) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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A U.S. Air Force HH-60 rescue helicopter assigned to the 66th Rescue Squadron crashed during a training mission at the Nevada Test and Training Range on Aug. 18.
By Staff Sgt. ANDY KIN [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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To be certified for full-rate production, the F-35 be demonstrated that it can be decontaminated from chemical and biological weapons exposure. A group of engineers at Edwards Air Force Base is now about to do that.
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The U.S. Air Force will switch to a new type of fire foam which does not contain perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOS and PFOA.
By Senior Airman Julianne Showalter (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/86602) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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