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One year ago, two F/A-18s from VFA-204 were flying over the Gulf of Mexico at 23,000ft when both were simultaneously struck by lightning that left the leader disorientated.
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Photo: Cmdr. Abaxes Williams
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The Myanmar Air Force is now an operator of the Grob G-120TP basic trainer with a number of those aircraft being inducted at Flying Training Base in Meikhtilla on Jun. 24.
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Photo: Myanmar Armed Forces
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The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report of its findings in the fatal collision of a Cessna piston-engine light aircraft and a F-16 from Shaw Air Force Base.
By United States Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Boeing will have to take a $536 million after-tax charge to its second-quarter results after testing on the ground revealed problems with the integrated fuel system on the KC-46 which requires fixing.
Photo: Boeing
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A B-1 bomber from the 34th Bomb Squadron at Ellsworth Air Force Base left on Jun. 30 to get the Integrated Battle Station systems upgrade at Tinker Air Force Base.
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U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Sadie Colbert
Continue reading “Ellsworth sends first B-1 for IBS upgrade”