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The Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer, Frank Kendall, said the Long Range Strike-Bomber (LRS-B) is being designed such that when it comes to upgrading the airplane, anyone can compete for it.
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The U.S. Air Force is ready to deploy the AIM-120D overseas while the Navy will make the weapon available to its fighter fleet later this year.
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By U.S. Navy photo by Airman Maebel Tinoko. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The Center for Budgetary and Strategic Assessments (CSBA) recently did a study which analyses over 1,450 air-to-air victories starting from 1965.
USS America (LHA-6) will have to go back to the shipyard starting next month and spend 40 weeks there to get F-35-specific modifications.
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By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Rosalie Chang [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The 33rd Fighter Wing recently held its first F-35A weapons load competition on Apr. 3.
U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Marleah Robertson
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