Air Force
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Air ForceAir Force Seeking to Begin KC-46 Boom Fix This Summer
DAYTON, Ohio — The Air Force has initiated its first engineering change proposal for the KC-46A Pegasus program as it plans to award a contract to fix the aerial refueling […]
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Air ForceB-52 Upgrades Could Lead to New ‘J’ Model
DAYTON, Ohio — With a series of modernization efforts on the table for the Air Force’s aging B-52 bomber fleet, the service will decide over the next two years whether […]
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WeaponsAir Force Moving ‘Extremely Fast’ on New Missile to Replace AMRAAM
DAYTON, Ohio — The Air Force is moving quickly to develop a new air-to-air missile that would eventually replace the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), the leader of the […]
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Air ForcePentagon Official: ’25 by 25′ Cost Per Flying Hour Goal Still Achievable for F-35
DAYTON, Ohio — While various Defense Department officials have expressed skepticism that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter can achieve a $25,000 cost per flying hour target by 2025, the department’s […]
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Air ForceAir Force Continues to Consider What Comes After KC-46
DAYTON, Ohio —The Air Force is moving through the process of assessing what a future aerial refueler will look like beyond the new KC-46A Pegasus, the service’s program executive officer […]
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Air ForceACC, AFSOC to Hone Light Attack Experiment Plan, Targeting Fall Completion
DAYTON, Ohio — The Air Force is set to begin building an updated light attack aircraft plan that would incorporate a small number of off-the-shelf aircraft while experimenting with other […]
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Navy/USMCBell Aims at Increasing V-22 Mission Readiness Rates by 10 to 12 Percent
PARIS AIR SHOW—Bell [TXT] and Boeing [BA] are aiming to increase V-22 mission readiness rates by 10 to 12 percent through removing 8 of the 10 wiring interface boxes on the […]
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Air ForceAir Force, Lockheed Laud Successful Flight Test of Hypersonic Weapon Aboard B-52
The Air Force and Lockheed Martin [LMT] have successfully flight tested components of one of the service’s future hypersonic weapons aboard a B-52 Stratofortress bomber. A sensor-only version of the […]
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Air Force‘Valkyrie’ Unmanned Air Vehicle Successfully Completes Second Flight
The Air Force’s XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned aerial vehicle completed its second flight last week and completed all test objectives, the service said June 17. The 71-minute flight took place June […]
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Air ForceAir Force Adds Billions to Boeing’s JDAM Contract Ceiling
The Air Force awarded Boeing [BA] a contract modification worth up to $6.5 billion for future Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tail kits, spares, repairs and technical services, according to […]