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Military Aviation News November 17, 2016

USAF F-16CM ACCIDENT REPORT RELEASED

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. (AFNS) — An Accident Investigation Board found that an F-16CM Fighting Falcon suffered an engine hardware malfunction resulting in its crash…

Military Aviation News August 19, 2016

Boeing Awarded $2.8B for KC-46A Tanker Initial Production

EVERETT, Wash., Aug. 19, 2016 – The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing [NYSE: BA] $2.8 billion on Aug. 18 for KC-46A tanker low-rate initial production….

B-52 Stratofortress, B-1 Lancer and B-2 Spirit

Military Aviation News August 18, 2016

USAF Bomber trio participates in first integrated bomber operation in Pacific

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (AFNS) — History was made Aug. 17 when all three of Air Force Global Strike Command’s strategic power projection bombers,…

Military Aviation News June 29, 2016

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…

Military Aviation News May 29, 2015

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…

Military Aviation News April 30, 2015

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…

Military Aviation News January 9, 2015

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…

Military Aviation News December 29, 2014

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…

Military Aviation News December 8, 2014

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…

Military Aviation News October 23, 2014

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…

Military Aviation News October 8, 2014

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…

Military Aviation News September 26, 2014

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…

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