On Sept. 24, 2021, The Pentagon announced that Rolls Royce has awarded a contract to supply 608 new F130 turbofans engines for the B-52H Stratofortress bomber fleet. Rolls Royce gets an estimated $500,870,458 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide new engines for the B-52H Stratofortress bomber fleet, with a potential total of …
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A B-2 Spirit deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., approaches the runway at RAF Fairford, U.K., June 9, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Miguel Lara III) A U.S. Air ForceF Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit bomber sustained minor damage during an emergency landing at Whiteman Air Force …
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Three F-15E Strike Eagles from the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron supported a test as part of the QUICKSINK Joint Capability Technology Demonstration on Aug. 26, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt Lindsey Heflin) The U.S. Air Force is exploring ways to achieve more lethality with air-launched weapons …
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As we have shared with you earlier the shocking video that shows desperate afghans who clung to the USAF C-17 Globemaster transport plane falling from the sky. Now according to the latest reports, the Air Force is investigating the events that led to a C-17 taking off with civilians …
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A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III safely evacuated some 640 Afghans from Kabul. The C-17, using the call sign Reach 871, was not intending to take on such a large load, but panicked Afghans who had been cleared to evacuate pulled themselves onto the C-17’s half-open ramp. Instead …
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Capt. Michael Terry, 36th Fighter Squadron F-16 pilot, prepares to launch at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, July 9, 2020. Photo by Senior Airman Noah Sudolcan The U.S. Air Force plans to make a digital replica of the F-16 Fighting Falcon, in an effort to improve the sustainment and …
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The U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 Stratotanker air tanker, which participated in the Arctic Challenge Exercise 21 – Credits: Ilmavoimat U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker, air refueling plane suffered a runway excursion after landing at Rovaniemi Airport, Finland. No one was injured. According to Lentoposti news, the aircraft stopped 150m past …
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U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Pat Pearce, 355th Training Squadron A-10 Thunderbolt II student pilot, trains on a virtual reality simulator at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Oct. 14, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jacob T. Stephens) The U.S. Air Force’s A-10 Warthog pilots are now using …
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A B-52H Stratofortress aircraft assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, arrives May 4, 2021, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Erwin) The U.S. Air Force has confirmed that it deployed two more B-52H Stratofortress at Al …
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Three B-1B Lancers assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron fly in formation over Ørland Air Force Station, Norway, in support of a Bomber Task Force deployment, Feb. 22, 2021. The B-1 is a highly-versatile, supersonic, multi-mission weapon system that carries the largest payload of both guided and unguided weapons …
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