U.S. Air Force (USAF)

Air Americas 

U.S. Air Force T-38C Talon II Trainer Jet Crashes at Vance AFB in Oklahoma

August 18, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, Northrop T-38 Talon, Trainer aircraft, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA, Vance AFB

A U.S. Air Force T-38C Talon II training aircraft stationed at Vance Air Force Base crashed 70 miles west of

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Air Americas Deployments 

U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit Stealth Bombers Begin Indo-Pacific Deployment

August 18, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Hawaii, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, Strategic bomber, U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), USA, Whiteman AFB

The U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, landed at Joint Base Pearl

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Americas C4ISR Space 

Maxar’s SSL Selected to Define Next-Gen Secure Satellite Communications for U.S. Air Force

August 17, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Maxar Technologies (MDA), Satellite communications (SATCOM), Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), Space Systems Loral (SSL), U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

SSL, a Maxar Technologies company, announced that it was selected to help define next generation protected communications for the U.S.

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Air Americas 

U.S. Air Force’s First Operational F-35A Stealth Fighter Fires its 25mm Internal Cannon

August 17, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Fifth-generation jet fighter, GAU-12 Equalizer, General Dynamics GAU-22/A, Hill AFB, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Rotary cannon, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA, Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR)

The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has conducted the first firing of a 25 mm internal cannon of an operational F-35A

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Air Deployments Europe 

U.S. Air Force Forward Deploys F-22 Raptor Fighter Jets to Norway, Poland and Greece

August 15, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Fifth-generation jet fighter, Germany, Greece, Larissa Air Base, Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, Norway, Ørland Air Base, Poland, Powidz Air Base, Spangdahlem Air Base, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has forward deployed its F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jets to Norway, Poland and Greece from

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Americas Space 

Lockheed Martin Wins $2.9 Billion USAF Contract for Three Next-Gen OPIR Infrared Missile Warning Satellites

August 15, 2018August 15, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Lockheed Martin, Military satellite, Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) Program, Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS), Space Surveillance, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Lockheed Martin Space Systems has been awarded a $2.9 billion not-to-exceed undefinitized contract for three Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared

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Americas Missiles 

U.S. Air Force Awards $480M Contract to Lockheed Martin for Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW)

August 14, 2018August 14, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW), Hypersonic Conventional Strike Weapon (HCSW), Hypersonic missile, Lockheed Martin, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The U.S. Air Force has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control to begin designing a second

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Americas Training & Simulation 

U.S. Air Mobility Command Announces Next Two KC-135 Simulator Relocations

August 11, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Aerial refueling, Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, Fairchild AFB, Full flight simulator (FFS), MacDill AFB, U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Air Mobility Command (AMC), USA

The commander of Air Mobility Command, a Major Command of the U.S. Air Force, selected Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington,

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Air Americas 

NORAD Releases Statement on Interception of Stolen Q400 Ailiner by F-15C Alert Aircraft

August 11, 2018August 11, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, Boeing F-15 Eagle, Bombardier Dash 8, Fighter aircraft, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has released a statement regarding the interception of a stolen Bombardier Q400 civilian

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Deployments Europe 

Two U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter Jets Arrive at Larissa Air Base in Greece

August 11, 2018 DP Staff Writer 1 Comment Fifth-generation jet fighter, Fighter aircraft, Greece, Hellenic Air Force, Larissa Air Base, Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Two U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-22 Raptor stealth fighter aircraft arrived at the Hellenic Air Force’s Larissa Air Base in

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