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A South Korea F-5F has crashed while returning from a training mission in the waters off the country’s west coast on Friday.  Both pilots were killed.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates cited China’s deployment of cruise and ballistic missiles against Taiwan as a reason to continue supplying arms to the island. Continue reading “Gates defends arms sales to Taiwan”

A Royal Netherlands Air Force AH-64D was recently test-flown with a 50% blend of aviation biofuel.  This is the first helicopter flight powered by biofuel.

The UAE has decided to restart talks for a new advanced jet trainer, Flight International reports.

Retired Lt. Col. William H. Holloman, a Tuskegee Airman and the U.S. Air Force’s first African-American helicopter pilot, has passed away.  He was 85.