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F-15EX: The Bombs And Missiles Truck Of The US Air Force
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The USAF Seriously Considering To Build 4.5 Generation Fighter Jets
The US Air Force is studying a future fighter fleet that might include new Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters or possibly a clean-sheet designed fighter like the armed variant of T-7A Redhawk. According to Aviation Week & […]
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Sikorsky Takes Defiant X Helo To NFAC Complex For Wind Tunnel Testing
Sikorsky-Boeing is returning to the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC), located at Moffett Field in Mountain View, California, in March for additional wind tunnel testing of its US Army Future Long […]
Americas
The USAF And RAAF Join F-35 Training Partnership
The Royal Australian Air Force returned a majority of its F-35A Lightning II pilots, maintainers and aircraft to RAAF Base Williamtown, Australia, in December 2019, but still maintains a joint pilot-training and maintenance presence at Luke AFB. […]
Middle East
Analysis: Had The U.S. Secretly Approved Sale Of F-22 Raptor To Israel?
Former US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper told Israeli officials during a visit to Israel last October 2020 that the Trump administration secretly approved selling F-22 stealth fighters to the Jewish state, according to a […]
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DARPA Awards General Atomics ‘LongShot’ Drone Demo Contract
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) “LongShot” program that aims to develop an air-launched unmanned air vehicle (UAV) that can fire multiple air-to-air weapons. The contract valued […]
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Sikorsky To Upgrade HH-60W Helicopters Of US Air Force
The US Air Force (USAF) is to contract Sikorsky to upgrade its HH-60W Jolly Green II combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter to improve on the 2012 requirements baseline. The USAF is to contract Sikorsky […]
Americas
Biden Administration Cleared Boeing F-15EX For Indian Air Force
Days after US aerospace giant Boeing said that it had received the go-ahead from the US government to offer its F-15EX fighter jet to the Indian air force, a senior American official Tuesday said the government to […]
Africa
U.S. Special Forces Captured Russian Infamous Pantsir-S1 Air Defense Systems
The Pentagon is on the hunt for modern Russian weapons. According to media reports, the US Army captured the Russian Pantsir-S1E air defense system from Libya. According to media reports, the US military did not want to […]
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Israel Sells 29 Retired F-16s To American Top Aces Company
Twenty-nine retired Israeli F-16 fighter jets were sold to a North American company on Wednesday in a major arms deal worth tens of millions of dollars, the Defense Ministry said. The planes were purchased by […]