Lt. Col Tim Schepper has become the first person to log 5,000 flight hours in a B-1 bomber after he landed a B-1 at Ellsworth Air Force Base last week.
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Cameroon Air Force is newest operator of CN235
The Cameroon Air Force is the newest operator of the CN235 family with one aircraft being handed over by Airbus Military recently.
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180th FW returns from Djibouti, Jordan deployment
A detachment from the U.S. Air Force’s 180th Fighter Wing recently return home from a two-month deployment to Djibouti in support of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa and Jordan where they participated in Exercise Eager Lion.
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JASDF, RoKAF scrambled fighters to shadow Russian Bears
Two Tu-95 Bear bombers were shadowed by RoKAF F-15Ks, and Japanese F-4J, F-15J and F-2 fighters on Monday.
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Bangladesh Air Force A-5 crashed
A Bangladesh Air Force A-5 attack jet crashed shortly after taking off from Zahurul Haq air base on Jul. 14 at around 3:30 p.m.
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