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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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The 33rd Fighter Wing recently held its first F-35A weapons load competition on Apr. 3.
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Four U.S. Air Force A-10s flew to the Czech Republic on Apr. 8 from Germany to participate in a forward air controller (FAC) exercise.
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Raytheon has been given a $700-million contract to install new communications equipment inside the Cheyenne Mountain Complex.
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The U.S. Air Force has started the first aerial refueling of fighter aircraft taking part in the air campaign in Yemen.
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