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Air Force1,000th F-35 Training Sortie at 56th Fighter Wing
The 56th Fighter Wing, at Luke AFB, Ariz., completed its 1,000th F-35 training sortie on Tuesday, the Air Force said. The Air Force highlighted this is the fastest F-35 wing […]
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Air ForceDoD, Pratt Still Pursuing Long-Term Fix To F135 Engine Issue
The Defense Department and Pratt & Whitney are still pursuing a long-term solution to the F135 problem that lead to an engine fire and a temporary grounding of the F-35 […]
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Air ForceAlenia Aermacchi In Discussions With New T-X Prime Partner
Finmeccanica’s Alenia Aermacchi is in talks with an unspecified new potential prime partner in its bid for the Air Force’s T-X trainer program, the company said Friday. Alenia’s former prime […]
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Air ForceDoD Determining Changes To ULA’s EELV Launch Capability Contract
The Air Force and the Defense Department’s acquisition team are working on changing the Pentagon’s launch capability contract with incumbent launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) in response to competition […]
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Air ForceAir Force Successfully Launches GPS IIF-9
The Air Force and United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched the service’s ninth Global Positioning System IIF series satellite (GPS IIF-9) Wednesday at 2:36 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air […]
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Air ForceHaney Cites Need For ‘Stable, Predictable’ Nuclear Funding
Adm. Cecil Haney, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, Tuesday underscored the importance of “stable, predictable funding” in sustaining the nuclear triad, as Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Earl Blumenauer […]
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Air ForceRaytheon Wins $529 Million Contract To Provide AMRAAMs
Raytheon [RTN] was awarded a $529 million fixed-price incentive firm contract modification to exercise an option to provide Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs), the Air Force said in a contract […]
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Air Force Identifies Long Standing GPS Messaging Index Issue
The Air Force said Sunday a Global Positioning System (GPS) message indexing error was recently identified and had gone unnoticed since 2013. The error, the service said in a statement, […]
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Air ForceF-35 Milestones: Australia F-35A Has First Test Flight; Luke Air Force Base Starts Training First F-35 Pilots
Australia’s first F-35A pilot, squadron leader Andrew Jackson, took his first flight in an F-35A at Eglin AFB, Fla., Australia’s Department of Defence said on Friday. The flight test took […]
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Upcoming GPS IIF-9 Launch Will Be Last On Delta IV
The upcoming launch of the ninth Global Positioning System IIF series satellite (GPS IIF-9) will be the last of the IIF series to take place on a Delta IV rocket. […]