U.S. Air Force (USAF)

Americas Space 

President Trump Directs Pentagon to Begin the Process of Establishing Space Force

June 18, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Donald Trump, Pentagon, U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Armed Forces, US Space Force, USA

The U.S. President Donald Trump directed the Defense Department and the Pentagon to create a new Space Force as an

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Air Asia-Pacific 

U.S. Air Force Deploys a Squadron of RQ-4 Global Hawk Drones to Misawa Air Base, Japan

June 18, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Andersen AFB, Guam, Japan, Misawa Air Base, Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk, U.S. Air Force (USAF), Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV), USA

The U.S. Air Force deployed a squadron of RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned surveillance aircraft intra-theater to Misawa Air Base, Japan

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Americas Cruise Missiles 

U.S. Air Force Edwards AFB Squadron Completes Joint Strike Missile Test Program

June 17, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Cruise missile, Edwards AFB, Joint Strike Missile (JSM), Kongsberg, Lockheed Martin F-16, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Norway, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA, USAF 416th Flight Test Squadron

A team of U.S. Air Force engineers, test pilots, and Norwegian government and industry personnel recently completed a large phase

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Americas C4ISR 

Northrop Grumman Awarded $866M IDIQ Contract to Sustain and Modify Critical Missile Warning Radars

June 17, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments AN/FPQ-16 PARCS, AN/FPS-115 PAVE PAWS, Early warning radar, Northrop Grumman, RCA 474L BMEWS, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to sustain and modify a worldwide network of ground-based radars

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Americas C4ISR 

U.S. Air Force Conducts Three Demonstration Flights of MQ-9 Reaper UAV with AgilePod

June 14, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments AdamWorks, AgilePod, General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper, U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV), USA

In March 2018, the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Sensors Program Office, working jointly with the AFLCMC Medium

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Air Asia-Pacific 

U.S. Air Force Deploys F-22A Raptor Jets to Kadena Air Base, Japan under INDOPACOM TSP Program

June 13, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Fifth-generation jet fighter, Japan, Joint Base Elemendorf-Richardson (JBER), Kadena Air Base, Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, Theater Security Package (TSP), U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), USA

The U.S. Air Force (USAF) deployed F-22A Raptor stealth fighter jets to Kadena Air Base, Japan under U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s

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Air Asia-Pacific 

USAF F-15 Fighter Jets Based at Kadena Air Base Resume Flying Following Inspections

June 13, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, Boeing F-15 Eagle, Fighter aircraft, Japan, Kadena Air Base, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

All U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-15 Eagle fighter jets, based at Kadena Air Base in Japan, resumed flying training on

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Air Americas 

AERO Vodochody, IAI to Offer L-159 ALCA for the U.S. Air Force OA-X Competition

June 13, 2018June 13, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Aero L-159 ALCA, Aero Vodochody, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Light attack aircraft, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA, USAF Light Attack Experiment (OA-X)

Czech aircraft manufacturer, AERO Vodochody AEROSPACE a.s. and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has announced their intention to offer the former’s

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Air Americas 

Lockheed Martin Delivers 300th Production F-35 Stealth Fighter Aircraft to the U.S. Air Force

June 12, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Fifth-generation jet fighter, Fighter aircraft, Lockheed Martin, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Joint Program Office delivered the 300th production F-35 stealth fighter aircraft, demonstrating the program’s continued

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Air Asia-Pacific 

U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle Fighter Jet Crashes off Okinawa, Japan, Pilot Ejected

June 11, 2018June 11, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Boeing F-15 Eagle, Fighter aircraft, Japan, Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), Kadena Air Base, Naha Air Base, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

A U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle fighter jet crashed into the sea south of Okinawa, Japan, at around 0636 hours

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