Wife of late Brig. Gen. Thomas Tinsley thinks that her husband’s suicide is related to the F-22. Tinsley was commander of Elmendorf Air Force Base when he shot himself in the chest four years ago.
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EADS prepared to sell Luftwaffe Eurofighters to Switzerland
German newspaper Der Sonntag reported that EADS is offering 33 German Eurofighters, built in 2003, to Switzerland for 3.2 billion Swiss francs.
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Some of RoKAF’s weapons unreliable
Some of the weapons employed by the South Korea Air Force are failing living tests with the AGM-142 scoring an accuracy rate of only 33 percent.
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Nangjing air defense brigade tests SA-15 Tor
A Chinese test of the SA-15 Tor air defense system by Nangjing air defense brigade was carried out in August. 12 out of 12 success.
Photo: Ma Chen
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69th EBS is sole USAF unit at Exercise Pitch Black 12
The 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed out of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, is the sole U.S. Air Force unit to participate in Exercise Pitch Black 12 in Australia.
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