During the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Exposition, Boeing unveiled its latest concept of its F/A-XX sixth-generation fighter.
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Eurocopter, Turbomeca and WZL 1 to establish two full assembly lines for Poland’s military helicopter acquisition
Eurocopter and Turbomeca have signed an agreement with Poland’s Wojskowe Zaklady Lotnicze No. 1 (WZL-1) for two separate full assembly lines within Poland for the EC725 Caracal helicopter and its Makila 2 turboshaft engines in a bid to win the tender for 70 new multi-role helicopters.
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Italy pardons USAF officer in CIA rendition case
Italy’s president on Friday pardoned a U.S. Air Force colonel convicted in absentia by Italian courts in the CIA-conducted abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect from a Milan street.
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F-16 pilot killed in Afghanistan is son of former commandant of the National War College
Capt. James Michael Steel, the F-16 pilot killed in Afghanistan on Apr. 3, is the son of retired Maj. Gen. Robert Steel, former commandant of the National War College.
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First B-2 surpasses 7,000 flight hours
The “Spirit of Florida,” a B-2 Spirit from the 509th Bomb Wing, became the first B-2 to surpass 7,000 flight hours on Apr. 1.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nick Wilson
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