Aviation News
Two Afghan Air Force airmen assigned to the 81st Fighter Squadron at Moody Air Force Base failed to turn up for duty on Dec. 7. One of the men is an Afghan Air Force lieutenant, while the other is a senior master sergeant.
By Senior Airman Ryan Callaghan (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/1716020) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $65 million contract to the radar processors on 11 E-2Ds. The modifications will mainly be carried out Syracuse, New York and is expected to be completed in October 2018.
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By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Donald R. White Jr. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Boeing has delivered the fourth and final Peace Eagle Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft to the Turkish Air Force at Konya Air Base on Dec. 9.
By Aldo Bidini [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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For the first time since 1952, airmen from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force and Royal Australian Air Force are joining the U.S. Air Force for Operation Christmas Drop.
U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel
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VFA-106, the East Coast Fleet Replacement Squadron, brought its Hornets and Super Hornets to Mountain Home Air Force Base qualify 14 students on air-to-ground tactics and currency training for others.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jeremy L. Mosier
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