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Author Peter Collier and documentary photographer Nick Del Calzo have started a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for their coffee-table book on America’s remaining fighter aces.
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A Cathay Pacific Airbus A340-300 had to be diverted to Ohakea Air Force base for seven hours as bad weather prevented the airliner from landing at Auckland.
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Photo: BRENDON DEERE
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Captain Harry Wales flew the Tiger attack helicopter with the Australian Army’s 1st Aviation Regiment, Darwin, Northern Territory.
Photos: © Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Defence
Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, Adm. Samuel Locklear, told Congress that China’s may be able to enforce a Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) over South China Sea once reclamation works on islands it occupied there are completed.
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The 56th Fighter Wing deployed ten of its F-35As to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada for two weeks.
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U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Darlene Seltmann
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