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Under a Freedom of Information Act request, the Pentagon has admitted that its UAVs have flown over U.S. territory for non-military missions.
By John Schwab [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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At a U.S. Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing, the Air Force told lawmakers that the service prefers to procure a new fighter under the F-X program than restarting the F-22 production line.
Graphic: Northrop Grumman
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An unmanned aerial vehicle unit of Russia’s Eastern Military District in the Sakhalin Region is now equipped with five Orlan-10 drones.
By Mike1979 Russia (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
The U.S. Air Force currently has a shortfall of around 500 fighter pilots and the number is expected to widen to more than 800 by 2022.
By Technical Sergeant Ben Bloker (USAF) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Not far from Area 51, a facility with a runway appeared out of the desert in 2005 and now the folks in charge of it has acknowledged that the place is being used by “Defense and Homeland Security departments” to test sensor-equipped aircraft.
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