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Gen. Thompson makes case for US Space Force, encourages campaign to educate public
Invoking history and a vivid recent example, Lt. Gen. David D. Thompson, the vice commander of the newly created U.S....
Rheinmetall to Supply Airbus A400M Cargo Hold Simulator for French Armed Forces
Having successfully passed the on-site acceptance test, the French armed forces' new cargo hold simulator for the European Airbus A400M...
Jet 87-173: Innovation keeps Air Force legend in the fight
MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho: This is the story of F-15E Strike Eagle tail number 87-173, where it comes...
Synergy-centered maintenance key to F-35A reliability, high mission capability rates
HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah: As capable as the F-35A Lightning II has proven itself to be on the battlefield...
Sikorsky HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter Program Awarded LRIP Contract
New helicopter coined "Jolly Green II" by U.S. Air Force and makes debut at AFA Air Warfare Symposium Sikorsky, a...
US Air Force Announces Vanguard PEOS
The Air Force recently announced the Vanguard Program as part of its transformational science and technology portfolio identified in the...
Tunisia to Buy AT-6 Light Attack Aircraft
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Tunisia of four (4) AT-6C Wolverine...
USAF MAJCOMs Partner to create virtual aircraft maintenance hangars
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas: Air Education and Training Command is working to build a faster and smarter Air Force...
AFRL creates safer-than-steel synthetic winch cable for cargo aircraft
The C-17 Globemaster III aircraft fleet currently uses winch cables made of steel to pull pallets, vehicles and other items...
18th Aggressor Squadron replicates threats during Cope North 2020
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam: Twelve Soviet-style blue, black and forest flanker-themed F-16 Fighting Falcons took flight from a frigid...
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