A Hezbollah-affiliated media outlet has posted a video showing a unmanned aerial vehicle attacking three Syrian rebel positions around Aleppo.
U.S. Navy testing out RQ-20A in Arabian Gulf
During a Griffin Missile System test in the Arabian Gulf last month, USS Monsoon took out its newest asset, the RQ-20A Puma AE, to gauge its capabilities.
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Facing shortage of fighter pilots, USAF reassigning F-16s from Hill AFB to training bases
The U.S. Air Force has admitted that it has an urgent “need for additional fighter pilot production” and will move F-16s at Hill AFB to two current F-16 training locations as “an interim solution.”
By: Master Sgt. Benjamin Bloker [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Three E-2C pilots awarded Armed Forces Air Medal for saving aircraft
The three aviators who saved a E-2C from crashing into the sea during a failed arrested landing aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower on Mar. 18 have been awarded the Armed Forces Air Medal.
ARABIAN GULF (July 29, 2016) Lt. Cmdr. Kellen Smith, assigned to the Screwtops of Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 123 is awarded the Air Medal in the forecastle of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike). Ike and its Carrier Strike Group are deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Theodore Quintana/Released)
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B-1B back in anechoic chamber
A B-1B bomber has been sitting inside the Benefield Anechoic Facility at Edwards Air Force Base since Jul. 27 so that engineers can calibrate and improve the B-1B’s ALQ-161 threat protection system.
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