Australia has given Saab a contract to upgrade its Army’s RBS 70 ground-based air defense weapon system and Giraffe AMB radar.
Photo: Peter Liander/© Saab AB
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USAFA new football helmet pays tribute to the A-10
The U.S. Air Force Academy’s Falcon football team debuted a new “sharktooth” football helmet that features the familiar noseart found on the A-10 Thunderbolt II.
Israeli Air Force shortlists three helicopters for its training nedds
The Israeli Air Force is evaluating the AgustaWestland AW119, Airbus Helicopters H125 and Bell Helicopter 407GXP as replacement for its Bell 206 training helicopter at the flying academy.
By Bradley Bormuth (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 us or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
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VT-21’s T-45C crashes
The U.S. Navy lost a T-45C assigned to VT-21 on Aug. 16. The aircraft, with two on board, went down southwest of NAS Kingsville, Texas, at approximately 9:20 p.m. central time.
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By MC2 Timothy Walter [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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