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US Air Force ends its A-29 Super Tucano use: the three Test Pilot School aircraft go into storage
The US Air Force is retiring its three A-29 Super Tucano aircraft, in service since 2024 at the Test Pilot…
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Mk21A: flight test over the Pacific for the reentry vehicle that will carry the new ICBM’s nuclear warhead
Lockheed Martin and the US Air Force flew an unarmed Mk21A reentry vehicle from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The vehicle…
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F-47: the US Air Force plans a $1.057 billion complex at Nellis Air Force Base for operational tests
The US Air Force is planning a “F-47 Future Campus” at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, with a total planned…
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XQ-67A: US Air Force tests mission systems and beyond-line-of-sight data links on its autonomous aircraft
The Air Force Research Laboratory and Air Combat Command flew the XQ-67A autonomous aircraft in Nevada under Demon APE, testing…
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Lockheed Martin expands its Troy, Alabama plant for the ARRW hypersonic missile of the B-52 after a $694 million Air Force contract
Lockheed Martin said on October 27 that the US Air Force awarded it a $694 million contract to produce the…
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US Air Force seeks AI to assess KC-46 aerial refuelling operations
The US Air Force is looking for a system that automatically analyses aerial refuelling from tanker cameras and gives crews…
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U.S. and Japanese fighters refuel together at Hachinohe during Keen Sword 27 hot-pit drills
F-35A and F-16 crews from the U.S. Air Force and Japan's Air Self-Defense Force practised hot-pit refuelling at Hachinohe from…
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US Air Force says it needs 1,509 combat-coded fighters by 2035, with the F-35 at 40 percent of the fleet
The US Air Force tells Congress it will need 1,509 combat-coded fighters by 2035 for a “moderate” risk level, up…