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An F-16 pilot had an inflight emergency while on a mission over ISIL-terriority last year. His stricken jet had only 15 minutes of fuel but luckily for him, a KC-135 from the 384th Air Refueling Squadron was around to save his jet from fuel starvation.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has agreed to resuming testing of the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS), after investigations revealed the cause of last October’s incident.
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Lockheed Martin has decided that it will partner with KAI to offer the T-50 for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X competition.
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Six F-35As from the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base have arrived at Mountain Home Air Force Base on Feb. 8 for the first simulated deployment test.
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Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Bob Corker, wrote to Secretary of State John Kerry that he is against the subsidized sale of eight F-16s to Pakistan.
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