Air Force
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Air ForceAir Force Ends Grounding Of T-6A Trainer Planes
The U.S. Air Force, which grounded its fleet of T-6A trainer aircraft almost four weeks ago due to a rise in physiological episodes (PEs), announced Feb. 27 that the planes […]
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Air ForceBoeing, White House Reach $3.9 Billion Deal To Build New Air Force One
Boeing [BA] has reached a $3.9 billion agreement with the White House to develop and build two new aircraft to replace the Air Force One presidential jets. The informal deal […]
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Air ForceAir Force Leaders Push For More Aggressive Role In Space
ORLANDO, Fla. – At an Air Force Association (AFA) symposium last week that was supposed to be devoted to air warfare, U.S. Air Force leaders spent part of their time […]
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Air ForceAFSOC’s Laser Gunship Demo Slowed By Budget Turmoil
ORLANDO, Fla. — Budget uncertainty has slowed efforts by U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) to test a solid-state laser weapon on an AC-130 gunship, according to the command’s […]
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Air ForceAir Force To Study Replacement Options For Command And ISR Planes
ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. Air Force is gearing up to launch a study this summer on options for replacing its fleets of large command-and-control (C2) and intelligence, surveillance and […]
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Air ForceAir Force Plans To Proceed With Purchasing Light-Attack Aircraft
The U.S. Air Force intends to rapidly buy a fleet of light-attack aircraft after it conducts a second round of experiments with such planes later this year, service Secretary Heather […]
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Air ForceAir Force Plans To Proceed With Purchasing Light-Attack Aircraft
The U.S. Air Force intends to rapidly buy a fleet of light-attack aircraft after it conducts a second round of experiments with such planes later this year, service Secretary Heather […]
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Air ForceAir Force Focusing On Enterprise IT As A Service, Cyber-Integrated ISR Capabilities
Air Force officials are looking to cyber-integrated ISR capabilities and embracing enterprise IT as a service (EaaS) in an effort to better leverage data to protect networks and address growing […]
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Air ForceNORTHCOM Chief Says She Will Guard Against Overusing Upgraded F-16s
With the U.S. Air National Guard planning to equip less than a fourth of its F-16s with new radars, a key homeland defense official said Feb. 15 that she will […]
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Air ForceSikorsky Protests Air Force’s Huey Replacement Program
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin [LMT] company, has filed a pre-contract-award protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) over the Air Force’s UH-1N Huey replacement program, saying the service expects the […]