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USAF ORDERS COMBAT RESCUE HELICOPTERS

THE US AIR Force exercised a $203-million contract option with...

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NEW ARMY FLIGHT INSPECTION AIRCRAFT ENTERS SERVICE

US ARMY AIR traffic Services Command (ATSCOM) placed a C-12S...

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RAPTOR COATING UPGRADE

LOCKHEED MARTIN IS working with the US Air Force to upgrade the...

F-15SA DELIVERIES CONTINUE

ARRIVAL CEREMONY IN RIYADH THREE MORE BOEING F-15SA (Saudi...

NIGERIAN AIR FORCE IN GAMBIA MISSION

ALPHA JETS ON STAND-BY THE NIGERIAN AIR Force deployed aircraft...

ISRAEL RETIRES SEASCAN

Yissachar Ruas AS PART OF the graduation ceremony at the Israeli...

LOSSES

Compiled Tom Kaminski

• Two Libyan National Army (LNA) pilots were killed when their...

Compiled Tom Kaminski

BOEING BTX-1 BREAKING THE COST CURVE?

It’s a bold move to pitch an all-new aircraft for a price-competitive...

SCOUT’S OUT: THE US ARMY BIDS FAREWELL TO THE KIOWA WARRIOR

report: Tom Kaminski

A flight of OH-58Ds led by serial 91-00564 hovers at Tullahoma...

report: Tom Kaminski

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AIR POWER YEARBOOK 2017

Produced by the Combat Aircraft team; the 2017 US Air Force Air...

US MILITARY REVEALS UPDATED DEFENSE PLANS

NEW FIGHTER SQUADRONS • F-35 COSTS CUT • NEW LIGHT ATTACK...

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BOEING RECEIVES PEGASUS ORDER

THE US AIR Force has awarded Boeing a $2.1-billion contract for...

PART 2 TEXAN TIMES

report: Tom Kaminski

In the second of a two-part feature, Combat Aircraft looks at...

report: Tom Kaminski

T-X IS GO

The Combat Aircraft team details the US Air Force’s T-X competition...

THUNDER OVER PINE BARRENS

report: Dr Richard Porcelli

Providing regular ‘trade’ for the Warren Grove Range are...

report: Dr Richard Porcelli

INDIAN NAVY SEEKS NEW CARRIER FIGHTERS

THE INDIAN NAVY has issued a request for information (RFI) for...

UPGRADED SENTRY DELIVERED

E-3G serial 77-0351 touches down at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma on January...

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MH-65E TESTING UNDER WAY

THE US COAST Guard’s second MH-65E arrived at Aviation Training...

DEPLOYMENT NEWS

‘Bones’ on duty The 7th Bomb Wing’s 9th Bomb Squadron...

HILL LIGHTNINGS DEBUT ON ‘RED FLAG’

report: Norman Graf

The first appearance by operational US Air Force F-35As in the...

report: Norman Graf
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JSM FOR POSEIDON?

Tom Kaminski

NORWAY’S PLANNED FLEET of P-8As may be equipped with the newly...

Tom Kaminski

SPECTACULAR SION: THE LAST CALL

report: Philippe Rey

Time is almost up for the Swiss Air Force presence at Sion air...

report: Philippe Rey
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UK AND US POSEIDON AGREEMENT

Tom Kaminski

THE US DEPUTY Defense Secretary and the British Minister for...

Tom Kaminski

THE SURPRISE ENTRANT

The entry of Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and Turkish Aerospace...

NEXT MONTH

MAY ISSUE: ON SALE GLOBALLY FROM APRIL 6 PROGRAM UPDATE:...

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LIGHTNING II FIELDING PLANS SHIFTED

AS PART OF its 2017 Aviation Plan the US Marine Corps has revised...

OPPOSING FORCE SOKOL

and photos: Barry D. Smith

Combat Aircraft takes a look at the little-known UH-72A Lakota...

and photos: Barry D. Smith
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EXPECTED T-X BIDDERS DROP OUT

AFTER FAILING TO reach a business agreement with its partner...

UH-60V FLIES

THE FIRST OF three engineering development model (EDM) UH-60Vs...

SPIRITS STRIKE ISLAMIC STATE

B-2 Spirits are readied at Whiteman AFB, Missouri, for the raid...