Saab Chief Executive Hakan Buskhe believes his firm will be able to snatch the U.S. Air Force’s T-X program together with Boeing.
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Graphic: Boeing
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AFSOC’s AC-130s will soon be able to deploy tube-launched UAVs
U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) has initiated one quick concept-demonstrator program to employ a tube-launched small unmanned aerial vehicle from the AC-130 gunship.
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Osprey spraying machine gun fire on ground targets
MV-22Bs from VMM-365 took to Piney Island bombing range, North Carolina for their air crew to practice hitting land targets with their GAU-16 .50 caliber machine guns.
Photo By: Cpl. Paul S. Martinez
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India wants to split 36 Rafales between two bases
Apparently, another sticking point that has lead to protracted negotiations between France and India for 36 Rafale fighters is the latter’s insistence to deploy the jets at two bases.
By Konstantin von Wedelstaedt [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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TRAWING 1 and 2 operating from MCAS Beaufort
Due to a temporary closure of NAS Jacksonville, Training Air Wing 1 and 2 relocated their T-45 Goshawks to MCAS Beaufort Sept. 11-20.
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Photo By: Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez
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