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U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh has announced the promotion of Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone to Staff Sergeant. Stone was credit with helping subdue a gunman on board a French train in Belgium.
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Thales Executive Vice President Alex Cresswell said he company has offered the Starstreak MANPADS to Singapore in a tender to replace the RBS70.
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The first functional version of the KC-46 (EMD-2) will make its maiden flight on Sept. 25, Brig. Gen. Duke Richardson, executive officer for Air Force tanker programs, said.
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Lt. Gen. Alexander Schnitger, head of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF), has criticized the U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift program for not being ambitious enough.
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Commander of Air Combat Command, Gen. Herbert “Hawk” Carlisle, told attendees at the Air Force Association’s 2015 Air and Space Conference that the F-35 has an advantage against any fourth-generation aircraft except when placed in a close maneuvering fight.
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