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6 HEADLINE NEWS Exercise ‘Vigilant Ace’ in South Korea, Qatar  rms up  ghter deals and Israel marks initial operational capabi ...

GETTING PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT THE F- T O MY MIND, the Dutch have got it about right — and the photo of a Royal Netherlands Air Fo ...

Ridge crossing — a Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35A from the Joint Operational Test Team at Edwards AFB, California, as the pil ...

F-16CMs operated by the USAF’s 8th Fighter Wing lead a pair of F-35As from the 34th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron on a mission ...

‘VIGILANT ACE’ SHOWS STRENGTH IN THE PACIFIC S IX F22A RAPTORS from the US Air Force’s 3rd Wing at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richard ...

Boeing’s seventh KC-46A departs from Paine Field in Everett, Washington, at the start of its maiden flight on December 5. Boeing ...

B OEING HAS COMPLETED the maiden  ight of the  rst KC-46A Pegasus that will be delivered to the US Air Force. The tanker’s ini ...

JSTARS RADAR SELECTION PROTESTED RAYTHEON STEPS IN E-8 REPLACEMENT ARGUMENT A LTHOUGH THE USAF has not formally announced the se ...

An E-8C JSTARS fl ies over the Middle East during an Operation ‘Inherent Resolve’ mission. USAF/SSgt Michael Battles DRAKEN FINA ...

UNIT NEWS ‘Golden Swordsmen’ milestone Patrol squadron VP-47 ‘Golden Swordsmen’ formally completed transition from the P-3C Orio ...

2 – 17 Mar VIETNAM: Aviation museums & collections large & small; battlefi elds; Cu Chi Tunnels; My Lai Ho Chi Minh Trai ...

TAKING A LOOK BEHIND THE HEADLINES COMBAT AIRCRAFT’S REGULAR COLUMN BYBY ROBERT BECKHUSEN ROBERT BECKHUSEN FACING THE MISSILE TH ...

Shugart. A Chinese missile blitz carries with it ‘the potential for devastation of US power-projection forces and bases in Asia’ ...

C ANADA HAS CHOSEN to buy 18 former Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) F/A-18 Hornets to  ll its  ghter capability gap. Ottawa ...

LIGHTNING II ON THE ICE ICY RUNWAY TESTING of the F-35A is continuing at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, where US Air Force and ...

T HE COMMANDING OFFICER of the Royal Air Force’s No 617 Squadron, Wg Cdr John Butcher, carried out his  rst F-35B  ight at Mar ...

SERBIA SEEKS MORE MiGS AND HELICOPTERS SERBIA’S DEFENSE BUDGET for 2018 will be increased by 19.7 per cent to RSD70.5 billion. O ...

M IG-29 PILOTS OF the Bulgarian Air Force declared that they were suffering from psychological problems on October 24, effective ...