Satellite images has confirmed the presence of an airstrip for unmanned aerial vehicles in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon.
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Upcoming X-37B flight will test experimental propulsion system
According to the U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, the next X-37B flight will test an experimental propulsion system jointly developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory and Space and Missile Systems Center.
By US Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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A-10 makes emergency landing at air base threatened by ISIL forces in Iraq
Airmen from the 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron overcame odds to get an A-10 back flying after the jet made an emergency landing in Al Asad Air Base in Iraq’s Anbar province.
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U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis
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Zimbabwe K-8 crashed
A Air Force of Zimbabwe K-8 jet trainer crashed near Thornhill Airbase on Apr. 24. Both pilots on board ejected safely.
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By Bob Adams from George, South Africa (Zimbabwe AF K-8 2106G (2)) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Bulgarian Defense Minister said he was offered bribes, received death threats over MiG-29 maintenance contract
Bulgarian Defense Minister Nikolay Nenchev told news daily Sega that he was offered a bribe to renew a MiG-29 maintenance contract.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Wilson [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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