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Air Force's 421st Fighter Squadron returns to U.S. base
Oct 27, 2020 (UPI)
The 421st Fighter Squadron departed Utah's Hill Air Force Base on May 20 to the Al Dhafra Air Base in the UAE to support Central Command in the region, the Air ...
Pentagon pushes F-35 testing, full-rate production to 2021
Oct 27, 2020 (UPI)
That testing phase was originally scheduled for 2017 but had been delayed to December of this year. Now it's being moved back again because technical preparatio...
Marines form new F-35B Fighter Attack Squadron in Japan
Oct 23, 2020 (UPI)
Marine Aircraft Group 12 re-designated Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 242, or VMFA-242. The change is part of ...
B-1B Lancer bombers arrive in Guam for exercises
Oct 23, 2020 (UPI)
The B-1B Lancers and about 200 airmen of the Air Force's 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron left Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, and arrived at Andersen Air Force Bas...
Patriot Express flights to begin random COVID-19 testing for passengers
Oct 22, 2020 (UPI)
According to an Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center advisory, the rapid onsite tests are intended to stop the spread of the virus. "The Department...
Ahead of F-35 sale to UAE, Pentagon pledges to keep Israel strong
Oct 22, 2020 (AFP)
With Washington gearing up to sell advanced F-35 fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates -- Israel is the only country in the Middle East to have the aircraft ...
Cathay Pacific to cut workforce by nearly a quarter
Oct 21, 2020 (AFP)
Across the globe, airlines have been hammered as the pandemic has slashed international travel, and they face a long, hard winter after a much-hoped-for rebound...
Cathay Pacific to cut thousands of jobs, close subsidiary airline
Oct 21, 2020 (AFP)
Across the globe, airlines have been hammered by the pandemic slashing international travel and they face a long, hard winter after a much-hoped-for rebound fai...
Germany on course for climate neutral flying
Oct 15, 2020 (SPX)
For the first time, the paper comprehensively summarises the current state of research and technological fields of action on the way to zero-emission flying in ...
Low risk of Covid infection on planes if masks worn: US military
Oct 15, 2020 (AFP)
Researchers using sensors and fluorescent tracers measured the volume of airborne contagious matter emitted by a dummy simulating an infected person breathing n...
Fairchild, Shaw and Ellsworth AFBs make productivity gains
Oct 15, 2020 (UPI)
The sustainment initiatives were the result of the secretary and chief of staff of the Air Force's 2019 direction to develop a better framework to improve the r...
Raytheon Missiles and Defense's StormBreaker smart weapon approved for fielding on the F-15 Eagle
Oct 14, 2020 (SPX)
"StormBreaker delivers an unprecedented capability to pilots in the field," said Paul Ferraro, vice president of Raytheon Missiles and Defense's Air Power busin...
USAF airmen in Materiel, Global Strike commands to collaborate
Oct 12, 2020 (UPI)
The planned cooperation comes after the Materiel Command began a similar venture, the Lead Wing Collaboration, in January with the Air Combat Command. A memoran...
U.S. Marines' F-35Bs practice bombing runs from British carrier near Scotland
Oct 12, 2020 (UPI)
Pilots of the U.S. Marine Corps' short-takeoff-and-landing variant of the fighter plane completed their three-day carrier qualification in day and night conditi...
Finland approved to buy 64 F-35s in $12.5B deal
Oct 09, 2020 (UPI)
The approval, a statutory notification to Congress, follows an April request by the Finnish Defense Ministry to buy the planes through the Defense Security Coop...
Aerodynamicists reveal link between fish scales and aircraft drag
Oct 08, 2020 (SPX)
Reducing drag means faster aircraft speeds and less fuel consumption - an important area of study for aerodynamicists such as Professor Bruecker, City's Royal A...
Air Force starts delivering lighter, next-generation ballistic helmets
Oct 08, 2020 (UPI)
The new helmets replace the Advanced Combat Helmet that Airmen had to modify with bulky additions to accomplish different mission sets, officials said in a stat...
KLM virus bailout to go to court in November: Greenpeace
Oct 07, 2020 (AFP)
The Netherlands in June said it would give the beleaguered national carrier 3.4 billion euros in aid as governments around the world stepped up to help airlines...
F-35 crash caused by technical glitch, distracted pilot
Oct 06, 2020 (UPI)
According to the report, the pilot was also fatigued, causing "cognitive degradation" and was distracted at a critical point in the flight and lacked key unders...
State Department approves $14B sales of F-35s, F-18s to Switzerland
Oct 01, 2020 (UPI)
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency issued two separate press releases relating to the deals this week: one announcing a possible $6.58 billion deal to sell...
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