Bell believes that its V-280 tilt-rotor, competing in the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR-TD) program, will have sports car-like handling qualities.
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Heritage Flight Training and Certification Course at Davis-Monthan AFB this weekend
Historic warbirds and front-line U.S. fighters are gathered at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base this weekend for the Heritage Flight Training and Certification Course.
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PLAAF to offer flying lessons at High schools
China plans to offer flying lessons to high school students ages 14 to 16 and groom them to become potential pilots for the PLAAF.
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USAF to convert 18 A-10s to “Backup Status”
The U.S. Air Force has received the green light to convert 18 primary combat-coded A-10s from active units and place them into Backup-Aircraft Inventory (BAI) status.
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Saudi Eurofighters struck ISIL with Paveway IV
Defense News reported that Saudi Arabia is carrying out air strikes on ISIL targets using the Paveway IV precision guided weapon.
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