Aviation News
A Afghan Air Force MD-530F Cayuse Warrior helicopter demonstrates its fire power to the media on Apr. 9 at a training range outside of Kabul, Afghanistan.
U.S. Air Force Photos by Staff Sgt. Perry Aston
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C-130 crews from the U.S. Air Force suffered from physiological problems when the aircraft’s pressurization system failed and could not be controlled effective. The cause remained unknown until recently.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Howard Blair [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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India has decided that the operational requirements of the Indian Air Force dictates the need to buy 36 Rafale fighters off-the-shelf while continuing to negotiate the MMRCA contract.
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By Capt. Jason Smith [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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On Apr. 7, a U.S. RC-135U flying over the Baltic Sea was intercepted by a Russian Su-27 in “an unsafe and unprofessional manner.”
By TSgt Jason Robertson [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Royal Australian Air Force will get its seventh and eight C-17 strategic transport.
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By Robert Frola [GFDL or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
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