The 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron will conduct the final live JASSM-ER flight test Aug. 30 with the B-1.
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ANG’s first F-35 instructor pilot
Maj. Jay Spohn is the U.S. Air National Guard’s first F-35 Lightning II instructor pilot and he completed his final of six flights on Aug. 3.
U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Karen Roganov
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First C-130J for Oman takes flight
The first of three C-130J for Oman has made its maiden flight and is scheduled for delivery later this year.
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Thailand orders Evolved SEASPARROW
Thailand has requested for the sale of nine Evolved SEASPARROW (ESSM) for an estimated cost of $18 million.
First F-35 airborne weapons separation test
F-35B test aircraft BF-3 has completed the first airborne weapons separation test for the JSF program. Flown by Lockheed Martin test pilot Dan Levin, BF-3 executed an inert 1,000-pound GBU-32 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) separation weapon over water in an Atlantic test range .
Lockheed Martin/Andy Wolfe
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