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"Even though we will lose CAS capacity, we are retiring the A-10 anyway" U.S. Air Force says
// The Aviationist
The U.S. Air Force has revealed that the A-10 retirement will begin in fiscal year 2018. Taken on Feb. 26, the picture in this post shows an A-10 Warthog in action during a joint air attack team exercise at Yakima Training Center, Washington, where the "Hogs" trained alongside the AH-64 Apache helicopters deployed at Joint […]
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US Army weighs first rotorcraft variant for Future Vertical Lift
// Flight Global HEADLINES
The US Army s requirement for a next-generation armed scout platform to replace the acclaimed Bell OH-58 Kiowa has been around since the Light Helicopter Experimental (LHX) programme of the 1980s.
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Rostvertol commences mass production of modernised Mi-28NE combat helicopter
// Air Force Technology News Press Releases
Russian helicopter manufacturer Rostvertol has commenced large-scale production of Mi-28NE combat helicopter with dual controls as part of a modernisation programme.
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USAF to delay T-X trainer aircraft programme
// Air Force Technology News Press Releases
The US Air Force (USAF) has revealed plans to delay the T-X trainer aircraft programme.
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Scientists Say Moon Colony Is Possible, And Maybe Affordable
// Aero-News Network
Permanent Human Presence Could Be Established In Six Years For $10 Billion, According To Published Studies NASA could establish a permanent colony on the Moon by 2020 for a cost of about $10 billion, according to a series of studies published in the journal New Space.
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United Airlines commences regular bio-fueled flights
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
Without much in the way of fanfare, United Airlines began flying regularly scheduled flights using biofuels earlier this month. Following years of demonstration and test flights to prove the fuel's viability, it's the first instance of a US airline putting commercial-scale volumes of biofuel into passenger-carrying planes on an ongoing basis.
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http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/747-400-global-supertanker-gets-ready-for-action-423458/
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The world s largest aerial firefighting asset, the Boeing 747-400-based Global SuperTanker, is almost ready to begin commercial operations