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MAFFS-Equipped C-130s Join the Fight Against Raging Los Angeles Fires
The Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems program was instituted in 1971 as a collaboration between the U.S. Forest Service ...
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Some of the Old, Some of the New: Boeing’s P-26 “Peashooter”
The first all-metal low-wing monoplane pursuit aircraft of the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) was a pioneering but also transitional aircraft, and, ...
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F-15E and F-15EX Set to Be Armed with AGM-158C LRASM
NAVAIR is working to integrate the AGM-158C-1 LRASM (Long Range Anti-Ship Missile) on the U.S. Air Force’s F-15E Strike ...
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U.S. Completes Upgrade of B61-12 Nuclear Weapons and Prepares Production of B61-13 Warheads
The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration has announced the completion of the upgrade program of the new B61-12 ...
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U.S. Navy Officially Adopts ‘Murder Hornet’ Moniker for F/A-18E/F Equipped with Nine Air-to-Air Missiles
Super Hornets, which have been armed with five AIM-120s and four AIM-9Xs since April 2024, were recently referred to as ...
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Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band Achieves Initial Operational Capability
The achievement of the IOC follows the first combat deployment of NGJ-MB with VAQ-133’s EA-18Gs embarked aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. The Naval Air ...
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F-15’s Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System Moves to Full Rate Production
The AN/ALQ-250 EPAWSS achieved the Initial Operational Capability in early 2024 and is currently being fielded on the new ...
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Saudi Arabia Reportedly Eyeing Purchase of 100 TAI Kaan Fighters from Turkey
According to unconfirmed Turkish reports, Saudi Arabia has discussed a possible purchase of over 100 advanced Kaan fighters, ...
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U.S. E-11A ‘Flying Gateway’ Takes Part In Counter-Drone And Integrated Missile Defense Exercise In Middle East
U.S. Air Force E-11A aircraft equipped with the BACN (Battlefield Airborne Communications Node) payload took part in a C-UAS ...
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U.S. Air Force Tests “Pathfinder” Subscale Model of Blended-Wing Body Jet
JetZero is working on the subscale BWB aircraft demonstrator, named “Pathfinder,” while Northrop Grumman’s Scaled Composites ...
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Turkey’s New Hürkuş-II Primary Flight Trainer Takes to the Skies
The Hürkuş-II will replace the TAF’s current Hürkuş-B trainers, with the first 15 aircraft expected to be delivered this year and the remaining 40 being handed over by 2027. The new advanced ...