US Air Force
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Dec- 2017 -8 DecemberBusiness
US Air Force orders laser small diameter bombs from Boeing
Boeing has been awarded a $10.5 million contract to produce Laser Small Diameter Bombs for the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Department of Defense said
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5 DecemberAir
First 6 Afghan Air Force Black Hawk helicopter pilots graduate training
The first six Afghan Air Force pilots qualified to pilot the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter graduated from Aircraft Qualification Training in November
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Nov- 2017 -20 NovemberAsia Pacific
US F-22s strike Taliban drug labs as new Afghanistan campaign begins
F-22 stealth fighters were used in Afghanistan for the first time as the new U.S.-led Operation Jagged Knife targeting Taliban funding was launched
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6 NovemberTechnology
Lockheed Martin awarded $26.3 million contract for compact airborne high-energy laser
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $26.3 million contract for the design and production of a high-power laser directed energy weapon for fighter aircraft
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Oct- 2017 -27 OctoberAir
Improper engine control assembly caused April F-16C crash
The U.S. Air Force Accident Investigation Board found that improper assembly of the main engine control caused the April 5 F-16C crash in Maryland
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25 OctoberAir
6 more A-29 Super Tucano aircraft ordered for USAF Afghanistan program
The U.S. Air Force ordered six more A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft for the Afghan Air Force, for a total of 26 to be supplied under to Afghanistan
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23 OctoberAsia Pacific
U.S. Air Force to deploy F-35A stealth fighters to Japan in November
Twelve F-35A aircraft will deploy to Japan in November, the first in-theater deployment of the U.S. Air Force variant of the fifth-generation stealth fighter fighter
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5 OctoberAir
Gallery: Fuelling the fight against ISIS
The US Air Force 340th EARS provides air-to-air refuelling, a crucial component for the success of the Coalition campaign against ISIS in Iraq and Syria
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Sep- 2017 -29 SeptemberAir
V-22 Osprey hard landing injures 2 US service members in Middle East
An investigation is underway after two U.S. service members were injured when a Coalition MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft executed a hard landing in Syria
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