An urgent amendment is need for the 2010 Defense Authorization Act in order for the U.S. Navy to purchase 124 Super Hornets in a multi-year deal.
USAF withdrawals from Iraq
The EC-130H Compass Call and E-8C JSTARS have flown their last missions over Iraq and are pulling out of the country.
Hsiung Feng IIE to be deployed by end of the year
A Taiwanese lawmaker told AFP that the secretive Hsiung Feng IIE cruise missile will be deployed in limited numbers by end of the year.
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Battle of Britain veterans flew with Hurricane and Spitfire as escorts
Fourteen Battle of Britain veterans took to the skies again aboard a British Airways A320 with a Hurricane and Spitfire providing escort on Aug.28. A picture of the formation is in the article.
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Life and death on a medevac helicopter
Bob Strong, a photographer with Reuters, blogs about his week-long embed with medevac helicopter crews from the 101st Airborne Division.