Italian Air Force has committed on an upgrade program that will install the Rafael Reccelite reconnaissance pod on its MQ-9 Reaper.
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Sequestration forced USAF to curtail ACM training for its F-16 pilots
Faced with funding cuts back in 2012, the U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command decided that its F-16 pilots stop dogfight training.
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PACAF establishes integrated air and missile defense center
The U.S. Pacific Command now has an integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) capability when the Pacific Integrated Air and Missile Defense Center officially commenced operations on Oct. 1 in Hawaii.
H-1 helicopter upgrade
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract from Naval Air Systems Command to provide FlightPro Gen III mission computers for the UH-1Y and AH‑1Z aircraft.
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RCAF tested CH-147F’s Arctic navigation capability
The Royal Canadian Air Force recently flew two CH-147Fs from Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Petawawa, Ontario, to Alert, Nunavut, and then to Iqaluit, on Baffin Island, Nunavut to test the aircraft’s ability to navigate in the Arctic region.