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Luke Receives Air Force’s 100th F-35 On Heels of IOC Announcement, Unit Activation LUKE AFB, Ariz. --- The F-35 Lightning II program took another huge step forward Aug. 26 when the Air Force’s 100th F-35, designated AF-100, arrived here following the recent announcement of the fifth-generation jet f...

On August 28 four French Air Force fighters “Mirage 2000” which will conduct NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic States for the next four months will land in the Lithuanian Air Force Air Base in Šiauliai. French soldiers will replace the Portuguese troops currently conducting the Air Policing Mi...

All Nippon Airways Co.said Thursday it will repair some of its Boeing 787 fleet due to engine defects, a move that would affect the major Japanese carrier's flight services and possibly cause hundreds of flights to be canceled. ANA has been investigating a slew of cases in which its twin-engine Boei...

Air Force declares the F-35A ‘combat ready’ JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. – The F-35A Lightning II fifth generation fighter aircraft was declared ‘combat ready’ today by Gen. Hawk Carlisle, the commander of Air Combat Command. Carlisle lauded the aircraft’s performance, noting that the aircraft had...

A little bit of context about the Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Fleet (MMF) project: ten countries signed in November 2012 a non binding Letter of Intent (LoI) The contract for the acquisition of two A330 MRTT aircraft, which was signed on Thursday 28 July by OCCAR (Organisation for Join...

Over 70 aircraft and helicopters will fly in a parade lineup over Moscow's Red Square to commemorate the 71st anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, the Russian Defense Ministry's press office said on Monday. "During the military parade on May 9, 2016, 71 moder...

Philippines revives supersonic capability with arrival of FA-50 jets+ CLARK AIR BASE 28/11 (KYODO) = The Philippine military is reviving its supersonic capability after a decade, accepting on Saturday the first two of 12 new FA-50 fighter jets from South Korea. Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire ...