The U.S. Army’s 4-6 Attack Reconnaissance Squadron was inactivated on Aug. 14 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The unit is the first to disband as part of a five-year plan to phase out all OH-58 Kiowa helicopters in the Army.
U.S. Army to perform independent software safety analyses for F-35
The F-35 Joint Program Office has selected the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center to perform independent software safety analyses of the aircraft.
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F-35 test planes cleared to fly 6 six hours before engine inspections
The Pentagon has further eased restrictions imposed on the F-35 test fleet by allowing the roughly twenty jets to to fly six hours between engine inspection if their missions involved aerial refueling missions and weapons testing.
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USAF General urged Pentagon to change way of buying satellites
Lt. Gen. John Hyten, vice commander of the U.S. Air Force Space Command, says the Pentagon should stop paying for non-recurring engineering costs to design, develop and test new satellites before buying them.
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B-52 carried out long-range surveillance flight over Panama Canal
A B-52 from the 96th Bomb Squadron flew a 15.5 hour intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance mission as part of PANAMAX 2014 on Aug. 11.
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