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Former Pentagon weapons buyer tapped as Air Force Secretary
Apr 27, 2021 (UPI)
If confirmed, Kendall -- who served as undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics from 2012 until January 2017 -- would serve as the to...
UK Carrier Strike Group to head out on 28-week deployment
Apr 27, 2021 (UPI)
The strike group, led by the new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, will visit more than 40 countries and undertake more than 70 engagements, according to a ...
Bye Aerospace unveils 8-Seat all-electric eFlyer 800
Apr 27, 2021 (SPX)
Performance estimates for the eFlyer 800 include up to 320 knot cruise speed, 35,000 feet ceiling and 500 nm range with 45-minute IFR reserves at normal cruise ...
AC-130J gunship joins U.S.-Philippines training exercise
Apr 26, 2021 (UPI)
The aircraft, operated from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, "provided lethal fire from its 30 mm and 105 mm cannons onto targets called in by a bilateral team" of U.S...
Japan's ANA aims for carbon neutrality by 2050
Apr 26, 2021 (AFP)
It comes after Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced last week that Japan would target a 46-percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, significantly mor...
All B-1B Lancer bombers grounded for potential fuel filter leak
Apr 23, 2021 (UPI)
Gen. Tim Ray, Air Force Global Strike Command chief, ordered the stand down after one B-1 experienced an emergency relating to its augmenter fuel pump filter ho...
Airbus to transform its European set-up in aerostructures
Apr 22, 2021 (SPX)
Airbus has reaffirmed its intention to build a stronger aerostructures assembly value chain across its industrial system to its social partners, and considers a...
GAO: Poor planning, sustainment problems driving F-35 costs
Apr 22, 2021 (UPI)
According to the report, the Defense Department plans to acquire nearly 2,500 F-35 aircraft for a cost of $400 billion, but the costs of sustainment are far hig...
The return of supersonic aircraft must be sustainable
Apr 21, 2021 (SPX)
"Concorde was subject to air transport regulations that allowed higher emissions compared to aircraft flying in subsonic conditions. The new generation of super...
Boeing delivers its second F-15EX fighter plane
Apr 21, 2021 (UPI)
The plane, an enhanced version of an aircraft first flown in 1975 and designed to replace the aging F-15C/D variants, arrived at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., for...
Italian aircraft carrier cleared by joint program office to operate F-35Bs
Apr 20, 2021 (UPI)
The Italian navy's aircraft carrier ITS Cavour left Naval Station Norfolk Friday after participating in a sequence of Joint Force operations with U.S. military ...
B-52H bombers deploy to Guam for bomber task force mission
Apr 19, 2021 (UPI)
The planes of the 2nd Bomb Wing left Barksdale Air Force Base, La., for operations in the Indo-Pacific region to "demonstrate the strategic credibility and tact...
V-22 Osprey conducts first landing on deck of a ship
Apr 16, 2021 (UPI)
The U.S. Pacific Fleet announced the news from the USNS Mercy. The flight testing is result of a seven-month mission to expand the ship's capabilities for landi...
Senate bill would restrict F-35 sales to United Arab Emirates
Apr 16, 2021 (UPI)
Citing national security concerns, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., filed a bill Friday to...
Biden to proceed with UAE F-35 sales, with rules
Apr 14, 2021 (AFP)
The State Department shortly after Biden's inauguration in January ordered a review of the massive arms package, which was approved by former president Donald T...
330 civilian employees transfer from Navy to Air Force at Andersen AFB
Apr 13, 2021 (UPI)
"This change will improve Andersen (AFB)'s ability to build multi-capable Airmen now and into the future as we work to further operationalize the base," Brig. G...
French parliament backs cuts in domestic flight routes
Apr 12, 2021 (AFP)
The measure, approved by MPs over the weekend, is part of a wide-ranging package of measures to fight climate change backed by President Emmanuel Macron. The bi...
Boeing begins building P-8A planes for Norway
Apr 12, 2021 (UPI)
Norway, which Boeing said in a press release will likely receive its first P-8A by the end of the year, plans to use the aircraft to replace its 40-year-old leg...
Optimised approaches for less noise and lower fuel consumption
Apr 11, 2021 (SPX)
Thus, the practical configuration sequence and the noise and fuel consumption of an approach depend very much on the decisions made by pilots and their access t...
USAF F-22s participate in interoperability exercises with Japanese forces
Apr 09, 2021 (UPI)
Airmen of the 199th and 19th Fighter Squadrons at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, trained alongside their U.S. Marines and Japan Air Self-Defense Force ...
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