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Air Force Times has compiled the mission-capable rates for the entire U.S. Air Force fleet in 2015 and the C-21A scored 100 percent.
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Secretary of the U.S. Air Force Deborah Lee James said the idea of restarting the F-22 stealth fighter production line is a “non-starter.”
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INS Viraat is currently underway for her last operational cruise and is sailing towards Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh to participate in the International Fleet Review (IFR) next month.
Photo: Indian Navy
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Two Russian lawmakers asked Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to deploy the country’s sole aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov to the Mediterranean to assist in the current military operation in Syria.
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The 419th Fighter Wing’s first F-35 pilot, Maj. Jayson Rickard, talks about his transition from the F-16 to the F-35A.