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Diehl Defence successfully test fired a prototype of the IRIS-T SL guided missile at the Overberg Test Range in South Africa in early December last year.
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The U.S. Navy’s HSM-41 squadron celebrated 170,000 consecutive flight hours without a Class “A” mishap on Jan. 8.
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Two F-16s from South Dakota ANG had to make emergency landings within minutes of each other at Sioux Falls Regional Airport on Tuesday morning after both had separate mechanical issues.
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The U.S. Air Force announced that Altus AFB, Fairchild AFB, Wash., Grand Forks AFB, N.D., and McConnell AFB, are candidate bases for the first active-duty led KC-46A main operating base.
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Starting from 2008 till 2017, the U.S. Air Force will have spent about $5.8 billion on F-15 programs, with F-15E Strike Eagles accounting for about $3.2 billion of that total.
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