Welsh says restarting F-22 line and buying improved F-22 might be cheaper than getting 6th-gen. jet
Outgoing U.S. Air Force chief of staff, Gen. Mark Welsh, has change tune on the subject of restarting the Lockheed Martin F-22 production line.
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NTSB blames USAF, USMC, Air USA for fatal T59 crash at MCAS Yuma
The National Transportation Safety Board has published its investigation into the crash of a BAE Systems Hawk Mk 67 (former RoKAF T59) at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma on Mar. 11, 2015. The aircraft hit a stationary vehicle and killed a Marine inside it.
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SOCOM to arm Apache with laser weapon this summer
The United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) intends to mount a laser weapon on a AH-64 Apache attack helicopter this summer, a SOCOM officer revealed.
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