Three formerly classified reconnaissance satellites – KH-7, KH-8 and KH-9 – have been officially put on public display in the Cold War Gallery at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
U.S. Air Force photo
The U.S. Air Force will lose six fighter squadrons and divest the C-27J under the new defense budget plan unveiled Thursday.
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NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told a news briefing that talks with Russia over NATO’s planned missile defense system have stalled.
The Swedish government is studying a $5 billion upgrade program for the Air Force’s 100 Gripen fighters.
An Iranian F-14 has crashed in Bushehr province in southern Iran on Thursday. Both pilot and RIO were killed.
armasuisse, an official procurement agency of the Swiss Department of Defence with its own Flight Test Center, has become the first customer for the Centaur Optionally-Piloted Aircraft (OPA).
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The British government may be forced to sell off its RAF Northolt airbase in northwest London as part of its bid to slash spending and raise funds.
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A Pakistan Air Force FT-7 crashed during a training mission in Punjab province on Wednesday. The crash injured a woman pilot and her instructor.
Raytheon has developed a countermeasure system using quantum dots to protect satellites from anti-satellite missiles.
Eurocopter CEO expects Germany to take delivery of between 55 to 70 Tiger helicopters despite Berlin’s plan to halve its order to 40.
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