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USAF wants AGM-183A instead of HCSW because the F-15 could potentially launch it

Posted on March 4, 2020 by alert5

Will Roper, assistant secretary of the U.S. Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics, has explained why the service choose to terminate the Hypersonic Conventional Strike Weapon (HCSW) program.

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Boeing’s FARA design

Posted on March 4, 2020 by alert5

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Russian might soon have a woman bomber pilot

Posted on March 4, 2020 by alert5

A young woman cadet undergoing training at Russia’s Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation Pilot School (KVVAUL) could become a bomber pilot after graduation.

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Watch the Tu-160 aerial refueling with Il-78

Posted on March 4, 2020 by alert5

Nigeria to take delivery of 3 JF-17s in November

Posted on March 3, 2020March 3, 2020 by alert5

The head of the Nigerian Air Force, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar, has revealed that three JF-17s that the country ordered will arrive home in November this year.

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