U.S. Air Force (USAF)

Europe Air 

U.S. Air Force Deploys MQ-9 Reaper Drones to Estonia for First Time

July 12, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Ämari Air Base, Estonia, General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper, U.S. Air Force (USAF), Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV)

U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drones from 52nd Expeditionary Operations Group Detachment 2 at Miroslawiec Air Base in Poland were

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Americas Training & Simulation 

U.S. Air Force Joins Navy TCTS Inc. II Program to Field Next-Gen Air Combat Training Solution

July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Air combat training, Collins Aerospace, P6 Combat Training System (P6CTS), Tactical Combat Training System Increment II (TCTS Inc. II), Training pod, U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Navy (USN), USA

The U.S. Air Force has joined the U.S. Navy’s Tactical Combat Training System Increment II (TCTS Inc. II) program, making

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Asia-Pacific Air 

Afghan Air Force A-29 Aircraft Flown by USAF Instructor Pilot Crashes During Training Flight

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, Afghan Air Force (AAF), Afghanistan, Embraer A-29/ EMB 314 Super Tucano, U.S. Air Force (USAF), US Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A)

An Afghan Air Force A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft flown by a U.S. Air Force instructor pilot has crashed

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C4ISR Americas 

Cubic Awarded Contract to Support U.S. Air Force’s Development of Advanced Battle Management System

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) US, Cubic Corporation, Cubic Mission Solutions (CMS), Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2), U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Cubic Corporation today announced its Cubic Mission Solutions (CMS) business division was awarded a $950 million ceiling indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract

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Americas Misc 

U.S. Air Force Orders Latest Northrop Grumman LITENING Targeting Pod Upgrade

July 7, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments AN/AAQ-28(V) LITENING, Northrop Grumman, Targeting Pod, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has placed an initial order for Northrop Grumman Corporation’s LITENING advanced targeting pods with full-color

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Misc Americas 

U.S. Air Force Awards $143.9 Million Contract for Offutt AFB Runway Repair

July 5, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC), Gilbane Building Company, Gilbane Federal, Offutt AFB, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA, USAF 55th Wing

The U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) has awarded a $143.9 million contract to replace the runway at Offutt

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Air Europe 

Russian Su-27 Fighter Jets Intercept U.S. Air Force RC-135 Spy Plane Over Black Sea

July 2, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Black Sea, Boeing RC-135V/W Rivet Joint, Reconnaissance aircraft, Russia, Sukhoi Su-27, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Russian Su-27 fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a U.S. Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft over the Black Sea on

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Misc Americas 

U.S. Air Force Identifies Pilot Killed in F-16CM Crash at Shaw AFB

July 2, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, F-16CM Fighting Falcon, Lockheed Martin F-16, Shaw AFB, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

U.S. Air Force officials have identified the pilot killed in the June 30 crash involving an F-16CM Fighting Falcon fighter

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Americas Air-to-Air Missiles 

Raytheon Awarded $495 Million Contract for AMRAAM Program Support

July 1, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments AIM-120 AMRAAM, Air-to-air missile (AAM), Raytheon, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Raytheon Missiles Systems has been awarded a $495 million contract by the U.S. Air Force for advanced medium range air-to-air

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Air Americas 

Eielson AFB’s F-35A Fleet Doubles with Arrival of Three New Aircraft

July 1, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Alaska, Eielson AFB, F-35A Lightning II, Fifth-generation jet fighter, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The F-35A Lightning II fleet at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska has officially doubled with the arrival of three new

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