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Take an amazing look inside the US Air Force's headquarters in Europe
Staggering in its scope and scale, Ramstein Air Base in Germany is one of America's most important and fascinating military facilities.Located in southwestern Germany, it serves not only as the...
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France is selling A LOT of fighter jets
After failing for years to win a single order for the Dassault-built Rafale fighter jet, France has scored a string of multi-billion-euro wins in recent weeks and is on a quest for more.Global appetite...
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This Air Force pilot just became the first woman to fly Lockheed's F-35...
Lieutenant Colonel Christine Mau, a U.S. Air Force pilot who was part of the first all-female combat sortie over Afghanistan in 2011, this week became the first woman to fly the Lockheed Martin Corp...
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The Air Force's mysterious space drone is heading back to orbit
On May 20, the Air Force is set to launch into its mysterious orbital space drone for another mission. Leaving from Cape Canaveral, the X-37B space plane will be launched into low orbit aboard an Atlas...
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Here's how the Air Force is preparing for future wars in outer space
A potential conflict on Earth that escalates into space has prompted the Air Force to find an extra $5 billion to spend on offensive and defensive systems to protect national security satellites.“We...
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The A-10 might keep flying after all
US lawmakers are maneuvering to block the Air Force’s latest push to retire the A-10 attack aircraft.The Air Force has proposed retiring its fleet of almost 300 Warthogs by 2019 to save an estimated...
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The Air Force is launching its secret space plane tomorrow for 'undisclosed...
Tomorrow (May 21), the Air Force is scheduled to send its secret space plane back into orbit for undisclosed purposes.The two X-37Bs — unmanned, shuttle-like craft — have already spent over three and a...
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The Air Force wants to be able to fire lasers from aircraft by 2023
The Air Force plans to be able to incinerate targets such as incoming missiles with laser weapons mounted on C-17s by 2023 as part of a directed energy developmental effort, service official said.The...
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The US Air Force just certified SpaceX for national security launches
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force on Tuesday said it has certified privately held SpaceX to launch U.S. military and spy satellites, ending a monopoly held by United Launch Alliance, a joint...
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Video shows a KC-10 tanker refueling another KC-10 against a full moon
The video in this post was probably taken somewhere over Afghanistan.It shows U.S. Air Force KC-10 “buddy” refueling against a full moon.The IR-vision scene, with the moon appearing closer due to the...
View ArticleTake a tour of the $367 million jet that will soon be called Air Force One
The Air Force has selected the Boeing 747-8 as the President's new plane. Take a look inside the 4,786-square-foot jet. Produced by Devan Joseph. Special thanks to Benjamin Zhang.Follow BI Video: On...
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The Air Force is developing swarms of mini-drones
The Air Force is in the early phases of developing swarms of mini-drones designed to overwhelm and confuse enemy radar systems or blanket an area with multiple sensors at the same time, service...
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The US Air Force working on a new hypersonic air vehicle
Scientists with the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Pentagon’s research arm are working to build a new hypersonic air vehicle that can travel at speeds up to Mach 5 while carrying guidance...
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This short film about where elite troops learn to survive capture may earn...
“The Perfect Edge,” a short film about the Air Force’s Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape program has been nominated for an Emmy, according to Airman Magazine’s editor-in-chief, Bob Houlihan,...
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Insane GoPro footage of a dogfight between 2 jets over the North Sea
At the end of March 2015, 125th Fighter Wing, Florida Air National Guard, from Jacksonsville, Florida, deployed to Leewuwarden air base with 12 F-15C Eagle as part of the first Air National Guard TSP...
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China just held unusual drills over Beijing's no-fly zone
China's air force on Friday conducted drills over Beijing for "routine flight training", the defense ministry said, an unusual move in a security-conscious city that has an almost permanent no-fly zone...
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Two injured after shots fired outside Arkansas Air Force base
(Reuters) - Two people were taken to a hospital after an incident outside the gate of the Little Rock Air Force Basein Arkansas on Monday, sending the installation into lockdown, the base said in a...
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The Warthog — a relic of the Cold War — could find new life fighting ISIS
The A-10 Thunderbolt, a relic of the Cold War that's been flying for the U.S. Air Force since the 1970s and has narrowly escaped retirement as the Pentagon cuts its spending growth, could be about to...
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America's Air Force drone pilots are burning out
CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nevada — one of America's few practicing psychologists with top-secret clearance, spends his days talking to drone pilots.For security reasons, the Defense Department asked...
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The US military took these incredible photos in just a single week
The military has very talented photographers in its ranks, and they constantly attempt to capture what life as a service member is like during training and at war.This is the best of what they shot...
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