Belgium’s government announced that it will being to conduct airstrikes against ISIL in Syria on May 13.
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Watch Kurdish militia down Turkish AH-1 with Igla MANPADS
A Turkish AH-1 attack helicopter was shot down in the mountains of southeastern Turkey on May 13 and now a video has surfaced showing a fighter with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) using a 9K38 Igla (NATO: SA-18) MANPADS to down the rotor-craft.
Carter is against restarting the F-22 production line
During a press conference at the Air Force Academy, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said he is against the idea of restarting the F-22 production line.
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The 1,000th F-35B vertical landing
The F-35B clocked its 1,000th vertical landing at NAS Patuxent River with BAE Systems test pilot Peter ‘Wizzer’ Wilson at the controls.
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VMA-211 has retired its Harriers, received first two F-35Bs
VMA-211 flew its last AV-8B flight on May 6 and three days later the first two F-35Bs for the unit arrived at MCAS Yuma on May 9.