USAF introduces first fully built HH-60G Ops Loss Replacement helicopter
WASHINGTON (AFNS) — The Air Force introduced the first of 21 fully built HH-60G Pave Hawk Operational Loss Replacement (OLR) helicopters June 28 at a…
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USAF to Get New ‘Electronics Killer’ Missiles
A new missile developed by the Pentagon could apparently cripple all enemy electronic systems using a microwave pulse without physically destroying their targets. This has…
Boeing and USAF celebrate 30 years with the B-1
Designed as a strategic nuclear deterrent, the first B-1 bomber was delivered in 1985 to the U.S. Air Force at Dyess Air Force Base in…
US to Permanently Base F-35 Fighters in Europe
The F-35s and about 1,200 personnel are scheduled to arrive at RAF Lakenheath in 2020. WASHINGTON, January 9 — The US Air Force will base…
Boeing, U.S. Air Force Achieve Successful First Test Flight for KC-46 Tanker Program
EVERETT, Wash., Dec. 29, 2014 – Boeing and the U.S. Air Force successfully completed the first flight of the KC-46 tanker test program today. The…
Double Deuce: Two MC-130Js Delivered to U.S. Air Force
Lockheed Martin photo by David Key. MARIETTA, Ga., Dec. 8, 2014 – U.S. Air Force crews ferried two MC-130J Commando II aircraft assigned to Air…
First USAF F-35A operational weapons load crew qualified
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) — Three Airmen with the 58th Aircraft Maintenance Unit became the first qualified operational weapons load crew for…
USAF F-15 jet crashes in Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Witnesses saw the F-15 come down in a field off Broad Gate, Weston Hills, near Spalding at about 15:30 BST. The plane has come down…
Sierra Nevada Corporation & Embraer Roll-Out First U.S. Built A-29 Super Tucano for USAF Light Air Support (LAS) Program
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Sept. 26, 2014) – Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and Embraer Defense & Security today presented the first United States-built A-29 Super Tucano light…
F-35 on time to deliver global security, US Air Force official said
WASHINGTON (AFNS) — Work leading up the completion of the multinational F-35 program is largely on track, the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office executive…
U.S. Air Force tests Raytheon’s upgraded High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile
Missile improvements add precision, reduce collateral damage TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) and the U.S. Air Force successfully flight…
82 USAF F-16Ds removed from flight status due to longeron cracks
WASHINGTON (AFNS) — U.S. Air Force officials recently removed 82 two-seat F-16D Fighting Falcons from flight status due to the discovery of canopy sill longeron…
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