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Jun 30 2024

Portuguese Government Nears Decision on Acquiring Embraer Super Tucano Aircraft Posted by RSS Feed

Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano with registration PT-ZTU, arrives at Beja for the airshow on May 30,

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Jun 30 2024

NAVAIR Begins Planning For F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Production Shutdown Posted by RSS Feed

An F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the “Flying Checkmates” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 211,

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Jun 30 2024

Turkey’s TB3 UCAV Reaches New Highest Altitude At 36,000 Feet Posted by RSS Feed

The TB-3 in flight. (Image credit: Baykar)"

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Jul 01 2024

PanAm To Return For A Limited Time Only Posted by RSS Feed

The headline reads like an April Fools joke, but there is actually a real announcement by a travel

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Jul 01 2024

U.S. Navy Releases New T-45 Replacement’s Request For Information, Pushing Program To 2028 Posted by RSS Feed

The next generation Undergraduate Jet Training System will replace the aging T-45 Goshawk, with the

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Jun 30 2024

Portuguese Government Nears Decision on Acquiring Embraer Super Tucano Aircraft Posted by RSS Feed

Portuguese Minister of Defense reaffirms the intention to acquire the Super Tucano from Embraer. The

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Jun 30 2024

NAVAIR Begins Planning For F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Production Shutdown Posted by RSS Feed

The command released a presolicitation to procure production line shutdown efforts for the F/A-18E/F

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Jun 30 2024

Turkey’s TB3 UCAV Reaches New Highest Altitude At 36,000 Feet Posted by RSS Feed

The TB3 has so far logged 445 hours and 3 minutes of flight time during testing, with this being its

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Jun 30 2024

French, German And Spanish Air Forces Begin Pacific Skies 2024 Deployment In The Indo-Pacific Region Posted by RSS Feed

A trinational contingent of 48 aircraft is deploying across the world to demonstrate air power

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Jun 29 2024

China ‘Captures’ Sonobuoy Dropped By U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon In South China Sea Posted by RSS Feed

Chinese media said the recovered device was being used to detect Chinese submarines’ signals and

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Jun 29 2024

A Glimpse into Russian and US Policies on Yars and Sentinel ICBMs Posted by RSS Feed

Experts point that the US ballistic missile nuclear submarines and stealth bombers have enough first

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Jun 29 2024

‘Indo-Pacific Jump’: Italian Contingent Of F-35A, F-35B, AV-8B, Eurofighter Jets Deploy To Japan, Australia For Joint Drills Posted by RSS Feed

For the first time, Italian Air Force and Navy fighters will also take part in regional exercises

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Jun 28 2024

USMC AH-1Z Viper Fires Live AGM-179 JAGM To Sink A Training Target For The First Time Posted by RSS Feed

The JAGM is basically a new dual-mode guidance section fitted onto a Hellfire missile bus. It was

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Jul 01 2024

New F-22 Pods Spotted Up Close On Sabreliner Test Bed Posted by RSS Feed

The pod has reportedly undergone testing in the NTTR with the NT-43 aircraft used to validate low

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Jul 02 2024

Report: ‘Incident’ Between U.S. KC-46 Pegasus And F-16C Off Netherlands Posted by RSS Feed

Airband listeners heard an F-16 pilot report ‘a chunk taken out of its spine due to a too close

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Jul 02 2024

North Korean ‘Poop Balloons’ Close Seoul Airport in Another Harassment Raid Posted by RSS Feed

Whether the escalation of balloon activity is a precursor to additional military activity or the

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Jul 02 2024

Italian Air Force’s 156th Squadron Reactivated At Luke AFB Posted by RSS Feed

The 156° Gruppo (Squadron) at Luke AFB, Arizona, will be the F-35 OCU (Operational Conversion Unit)

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Jul 03 2024

First Images Emerge Of U.S. Navy Super Hornet Carrying Two Air-Launched SM-6 Missiles Posted by RSS Feed

The two missiles sport the designation XAIM-174B (or NAIM-174B) and were carried by Super Hornets

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Jul 03 2024

Photo Suggests Possible Nuclear Mission For Pakistan’s JF-17 Thunder With Ra’ad ALCM Posted by RSS Feed

Pakistan might incorporate the dual-capable Ra’ad ALCM on the JF-17 to take over the nuclear strike

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Jul 04 2024

First Slovak F-16 Block 70 Arrives at 162nd Wing, Arizona ANG Posted by RSS Feed

The Arizona Air National Guard has received its first of nine Slovak F-16 Block 70s and will host

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Jul 04 2024

U.S. Air Force to Station F-15EX, F-35A in Japan Posted by RSS Feed

Department of Defense (DoD) announces plan to outfit Misawa Air Base With F-35A, Kadena Air Base

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Jul 04 2024

U.S. Air Force KC-46A Pegasus Tanker Completes First Non-Stop 45-Hour Flight Around The World Posted by RSS Feed

The effort demonstrated the ability to support multiple theaters, coordinating with three other

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Jul 05 2024

Italian Air Force Suspends 1.2 Billion Euro KC-46 Program Posted by RSS Feed

The service communicated last week to the Ministry of Defense the decision to halt the replacement

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Jul 06 2024

The Ultimate Guide to an AvGeek Paradise: The LAX In-N-Out Posted by RSS Feed

There are many reasons why I feel fortunate to have grown up in the 80s and 90s. We were the last

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Jul 06 2024

Italy Moves Forward With Plan To Buy 24 New Eurofighter Typhoons Posted by RSS Feed

The Ministry of Defense requested the government’s approval for the acquisition of the 4th tranche

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Jul 07 2024

What Ever Happened to Fokker? Posted by RSS Feed

Fokker was a Dutch aircraft manufacturing company in the 20th century. At one point, it was the

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Jul 07 2024

Japan Releases Video Of Hypersonic Glide Vehicle Testing In The U.S. Posted by RSS Feed

Japan is strengthening its stand-off defense capabilities to quickly and remotely intercept and

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Jul 07 2024

In August 1941 an Allied Power Bombed Berlin, but it Might not be Who You Think Posted by RSS Feed

The story of a daring and oft forgotten nighttime air raid on the Nazi capital, carried out by the

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Jul 07 2024

How Does A Pilot Remain Calm Under Pressure? Posted by RSS Feed

Even-keeled: unflappable, steady, unperturbed, coolheaded. “How do you remain so calm?”    It’s a

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Jul 07 2024

Final KC-10 Maintenance Check Completed as Retirement Looms Posted by RSS Feed

Air Force Plans To Retire The KC-10 Refueler Later This Year Last week, maintenance airmen at Travis

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