That weird-looking VTOL X-Plane has flown
Aurora Flight Sciences announced last week that a subscale model of its LightningStrike, Vertical Take-off and Landing Experimental Plane (VTOL X-plane) for DARPA has flown at a military installation.
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Photo: Aurora Flight Sciences
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Australia cleared to buy up to 450 AIM-120Ds
The Obama administration has cleared a potential Foreign Military Sale to Australia for up to 450 AIM-120D air-to-air missiles.
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China raise objection on A-10 flight to Scarborough Shoal
During a press session on Apr. 25, a spokesman from China’s Ministry of Defense said Beijing objects to the recent flight of four USAF A-10s and two HH-60s to Scarborough Shoal.
U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton
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Lawmakers balked at sole-source replacement of USAF’s UH-1Ns
Twelve U.S. lawmakers are against the plan by the U.S. Air Force to forgo a competition to replace its aging UH-1N helicopters and replace them with the UH-60.
By U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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