Aerotech News Digital Edition – May 18, 2018
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Military plane wreckage removed 2 weeks after Georgia crash Wreckage from a military plane has been removed from a Georgia highway and taken to a new site two weeks after a deadly crash that killed...
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News Despite shortage, Air Force likely won’t boost enlisted pilot ranks – Even as the U.S. Air Force faces a long-term pilot shortage, there are no plans to grow the ranks of enlisted pilots, a top...
View ArticleNews Briefs – May 21, 2018
China lands bomber on South China Sea island for first time The Chinese air force has landed long-range bombers for the first time at an airport in the South China Sea, a state newspaper said May 19,...
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News Air Force secretary: China, Russia could shoot down new JSTARS on day one of a war – Even a new version of the Air Force’s JSTARS battlefield management and control aircraft would be vulnerable to...
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Air Force trainer jet crashes in Mississippi; 2 eject safely
Air Force photograph The T-38 Talon is a twin-engine, high-altitude, supersonic jet trainer used in a variety of roles. Air Education and Training Command is the primary user of the T-38C for joint...
View ArticleNews Briefs – May 23, 2018
Israeli air force chief confirms first F-35 airstrike The head of Israel’s air force on Tuesday revealed that it used the next-generation F-35 fighter jet for the first time during a recent mission....
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News United States is running out of bombs — and it may soon struggle to make more – The Pentagon plans to invest more than $20 billion in munitions in its next budget. But whether the industrial base...
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Remembering the Fallen
Air Force graphic by Senior Airman Kirby Turbak For many Americans, Memorial Day weekend entails grilling out, having beach parties and beginning the summer vacation season, but for many it is a...
View ArticleNews Briefs – May 25, 2018
U.S. disinvites China from multinational military exercise The Pentagon said May 23 it has withdrawn an invitation for China to participate in a multinational naval exercise the U.S. is hosting this...
View ArticleHeadlines – May 25, 2018
News As ISIS targets disappear in Iraq and Syria, U.S. military shifts focus to Afghanistan – As the war against the Islamic State terror group winds down in Iraq and Syria, the U.S. military is...
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A history of Memorial Day
Air Force photograph by Staff Sgt. Jared J. Duhon Air Force Brig. Gen. Phillip Stewart, commander of the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing and Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air, salutes a wreath during a...
View ArticleNews Briefs – May 30, 2018
Artificial reef in Florida will honor lost US submarines An undersea monument off Florida’s Gulf Coast will honor more than 4,000 officers and crew members who have died while serving aboard American...
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News How China acquires ‘the crown jewels’ of U.S. technology – The U.S. government was well aware of China’s aggressive strategy of leveraging private investors to buy up the latest American...
View ArticleAerotech News Digital Edition June 1, 2018
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Pentagon salutes U.S.-India ties with command name change The Pentagon is changing the name of the U.S. military’s Pacific headquarters to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, in a bow to America’s growing...
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News Why should the U.S. stay in Afghanistan? Here’s what the top commander there said – It’s been two years since Army Gen. John Nicholson assumed command of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan....
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In rare win, Boeing worker unit unionizes in South Carolina Flight-line employees at Boeing’s South Carolina plant have voted to unionize in a rare victory for organized labor in the South. News...
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News Pentagon says U.S. can ‘take down’ man-made islands like those in South China Sea – Amid heightened tensions brewing between China and the U.S. military in the South China Sea, a Pentagon official...
View ArticleNews Briefs – June 6, 2018
NATO aircraft start policing Montenegro’s airspace NATO aircraft have started policing Montenegro’s airspace, a year after the small Adriatic state became a member of the Western military alliance...
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