Aviation News
Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force will now scramble fighters to intercept Chinese aircraft less frequently and only do so when the planes are threatening to violate the country’s airspace, Kydo News reports.
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The 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron recently flew an F-15E carrying six JDAMs on a single side of the fighter to prove a concept for Agile Combat Employment (ACE).
Photo by: 1st Lt. Savanah Bray
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has stationed a project engineer in Nigeria to oversee the construction of new facilities for the A-29 Super Tucano wing at Kainji Airbase.
U.S. Army photo by Jennifer Aldridge
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VFA-97 has flown the final flights on their F/A-18E and the squadron will now prepare to transition to the F-35C.
Col. Trena “HaK” Savageau is the first woman F-16 pilot from the U.S. Air Force Reserve to clock 2,000 hours of flying in the F-16.
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