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Air Force releases new mission statement focused on airpower
Apr 08, 2021 (UPI)
The statement is meant to emphasize the "primary advantage and capabilities airpower provides to the nation and joint operations," according to the Air Force. "...
U.S. Air Force F-15EX fighter plane renamed Eagle II
Apr 07, 2021 (UPI)
Lt. Gen. Duke Richardson announced the official designation in a rollout of the plane, which will replace the aging F-15C/D fleet. A Twitter post on Wednesday s...
U.S. F-16s to participate in Greek-led training exercise
Apr 06, 2021 (UPI)
INIOCHOS 21, which is led by the Hellenic air force and which will take place from April 12 through April 22, is intended to enhance combat readiness and fighti...
Air Force exercise hones personnel versatility, capabilities
Apr 05, 2021 (UPI)
The training in the Air Force operational concepts of Agile Combat Employment and Multi-Capable Airmen put personnel in out-of-the-ordinary situations to simula...
U.S. Air Force rolls out maintenance and operations reorganization
Apr 02, 2021 (UPI)
The Combat Oriented Maintenance Organization, attempted first at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., in 2020, reduces the maintenance organizational structure, among oth...
Airbus, Dassault reach deal on European fighter jet prototype
Apr 02, 2021 (AFP)
The companies are the pillars of a Future Combat Air System (FCAS) meant to prove the Continent's ability to integrate its disparate defence forces and increase...
Boeing nabs $1.6B contract to build P-8A Poseidons for U.S., Australia
Apr 01, 2021 (UPI)
According to a Boeing press release issued Wednesday, Boeing now has 128 P-8A aircraft under contract for the Navy and 14 under contract for the RAAF. "The P-8A...
Vandenberg AFB selected as preferred location for GBSD training unit
Apr 01, 2021 (UPI)
According to a press release from the Air Force, the GBSD is a new intercontinental ballistic missile expected to replace all operational Minuteman III missiles...
China's top three airlines lose billions to pandemic
Mar 31, 2021 (AFP)
The country's biggest carrier by passenger numbers -- China Southern Airlines -- reported a loss of 10.8 billion yuan ($1.65 billion) for 2020, despite Chinese ...
Astral Knight 2021 to take place at Aviano Air Base in Italy
Mar 30, 2021 (UPI)
Airmen, soldiers and sailors from the United States will work with service members from Albania, Croatia, Greece, Italy and Slovenia as part of Astral Knight 20...
Airbus to boost cold technology testing as part of its decarbonisation roadmap
Mar 30, 2021 (SPX)
The introduction of superconducting materials can lower electrical resistance, meaning that electrical current can supply power without energy loss. When couple...
Tyndall Air Force Base chosen for three new F-35 squadrons
Mar 30, 2021 (UPI)
Air Force officials selected Tyndall based on its "infrastructure capability, quality of life for Airmen and airspace," according to the service's press release...
USAF 'Red Flag' exercises turn to combat problem-solving
Mar 29, 2021 (UPI)
Over 100 aircraft were involved in the weeklong event at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., held earlier this month, notably including F-16 Fighting Falcons and a NAT...
B-1s, B-2s conclude Bomber Task Force mission over Europe
Mar 26, 2021 (UPI)
The exercise included a series of integrations with aircraft of allies, sorties above the Arctic Circle, support for Norwegian and Swedish aircraft, joint termi...
Sikorsky nabs $99.9M to build 25 Black Hawk helicopters for Saudi Arabia
Mar 25, 2021 (UPI)
The deal, announced on Wednesday, comes under a previous 2017 deal with Sikorsky and follows a $200 million contract awarded in 2018 to provide 17 UH-60 helicop...
A European monitoring and warning system on natural hazards for aviation
Mar 24, 2021 (SPX)
"Serious damage can be caused to aircraft if smoke, dust or even sea salt are ingested by engines, due to both the erosion and corrosion they cause, and possibl...
'Nowhere to go': Soviet-era aircraft museum faces closure
Mar 24, 2021 (AFP)
Viktors Talpas told AFP that his museum, which attracts several thousand visitors a month in non-pandemic times, is being forced to move before the end of the m...
Three crew dead in Russian bomber accident
Mar 23, 2021 (AFP)
"An ejection system malfunctioned during a planned preparation on the ground for a Tu-22M3 flight at an airfield in the Kaluga region," the defence ministry sai...
Cutting edge ground recorders selected to measure future X-59 Quiet Supersonic Flights
Mar 23, 2021 (SPX)
From the late Chuck Yeager's breaking of the sound barrier in 1947, to the space shuttles' approach and landing at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center (then...
Sweden airports to charge high-polluting planes more
Mar 22, 2021 (AFP)
"This means that take-off and landing fees can be more significant when a plane's climate impact is higher and they can be reduced when the climate impact is lo...
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