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Dylan Malyasov

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U.S. Air Force might take one or two B-52 bombers returned to service from boneyard

The U.S. Air Force officials do not exclude that several previously-retired B-52 bombers might still return to service from airplane boneyard. In an op-ed for The Air Force Magazine, Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen Wilson said the...

Unique 10-day operation Rapid Forge concluded

Operation Rapid Forge concluded July 25, at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, according to Airman 1st Class Kyle Cope. The 10-day operation helped ensure U.S. forces’ ability to fulfill the European Deterrence Initiative, a policy to assure and defend...

U.S. Navy conducts tests of revolutionary unmanned aircraft

U.S. Navy has announced that it conducts tests of newest and revolutionary unmanned aircraft, called the V-BAT, at the flight deck of the Military Sealift Command expeditionary fast transport vessel USNS Spearhead (T-EPF 1). Spearhead sailed in the...

U.S. Navy released video of impressive F-35 launch from aboard USS Wasp

The U.S. Navy gas released footage showed impressive U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II fighter jet launch from aboard the U.S. Navy Amphibious Assault Ship USS Wasp while operating in the Coral Sea. The “B” variant of the F-35 is the...

U.S. Air Force deploys F-16 fighter jets to Cold War base in Iceland

The U.S. Air Force has deployed F-16C Fighting Falcon fighter jets to Keflavik Air Base in Iceland also know as old Cold War base. An F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft arrived at Keflavik Air Base, Iceland, on July 25,...

U.S. Navy awards AAR Government Services with $118M contract for two Boeing 737-700 aircraft

AAR Government Services Inc. has won a contract valued at as much as $118 million for the acquisition, modification, acceptance and delivery of two Boeing 737-700 Increased Gross Weight (IGW) series commercial aircraft that will meet USMC...

U.S. Army picks several firms for $48,8M contract for mounted machine gun optic

Two companies that specialize in aiming systems will compete for a nearly $48,8 million order to deliver modern mounted machine gun optic for machine gunners firing the M240 and M2/M2A1, as well as the MK 19 grenade...

Pentagon approves Stryker infantry carrier vehicles sale to Thailand

The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced that the State Department has approved Thailand's request for 60 Stryker infantry carrier vehicles. The proposed sale, which was announced by the DSCA on 26 July, covers sixty Stryker Infantry...