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May 10, 2021
Special Operations Command has selected five aircraft for a demo this summer, continuing the long quest to acquire a light attack fleet.
May 06, 2021
Bidders in Finland’s fighter contest must include the whole suite of aircraft, weapons, training and support in their €9 billion package.
May 06, 2021
Egypt to buy more Rafales; A Space National Guard proposal; Navy training system to start production and the U.S. halts Minuteman test.
May 05, 2021
A look back at Alan Shepard’s flight to suborbital space—a first for the U.S.
Apr 30, 2021
Finland fighter bids submitted; Air Force One’s costs rise; Pentagon’s R&D nominee; and Top Aces win renewal.
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Aug 11, 2022
The U.S. Air Force’s plan to dramatically cut its buy of Sikorsky HH-60W combat rescue helicopters would be a Nunn-McCurdy Breach as the cost per unit of the choppers would spike, raising more questions about the future of the program.
Aug 11, 2022
If Congress blocks the U.S. Air Force’s plan to retire 33 of its oldest F-22s, the service would then see impacts on its plan to field new drones to complement the Next Generation Air Dominance as it faces the bill to upgrade the Raptors.
Aug 10, 2022
The U.S. Air Force is looking to reprogram funding to give it flexibility to award a prototype contract for Boeing E-7A Wedgetails in the event that a continuing resolution blocks starting the program on time.
Aug 04, 2022
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has fired “multiple” Dongfeng-series ballistic missiles toward Taiwan as part of a three-day exercise intended to impose maximum military pressure on the island following a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
Aug 03, 2022
When Gen. James Hecker began his flying career in the U.S. Air Force in the cockpit of an F-15C in the early 1990s, he and his fellow pilots knew exactly what their job would be: Fight the Soviet Union.
Aug 03, 2022
The U.S. Air Force during its last premier Red Flag exercise connected multiple ranges across the American West for the first time under a new agreement with the FAA.
Aug 03, 2022
Beijing said the drills are being conducted in response to Pelosi’s visit and will last until Aug. 7.
Aug 02, 2022
The MQ-9 strike in the heart of Kabul that took out al-Qaida’s senior leader was the culmination of almost a year of “over-the-horizon” U.S. counterterror operations, and a sign of how the U.S. wants to operate its Reaper fleet in the future.