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F-35B BF-3 completed the first GBU-12 airborne weapons separation on Dec. 3. It was also the second airborne weapons separation for the F-35B.
Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin
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The MQ-8B Fire Scout detachment on board USS Klakring set a new record by logging more than 500 flight hours in the U.S. Africa Command Area of Responsibility.
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Russian procecutors have decided to drop charges against Sergei Tsivilev, former first deputy head of MiG, and his deputy, Oleg Fadeyev, for supplying low-quality equipment for MiG-29 fighters that were rejected by Algeria in 2007.
Continue reading “Algerian MiG-29 fraud case closed”
The Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday that defense officials have warned the British Apache fleet could be redundant because the U.S. will stop support for the model by 2017.
Continue reading “WAH64D to be redundant by 2017?”
On Dec. 6, the Pentagon will announced that U.S. Air Force Gen. Christopher Bogdan will officially be the next F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Joint Program Office manager.
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