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U.S. Air Force plans to remove almost 500 aircraft over the next five years

March 12, 2014 David Cenciotti

The USAF plans to divest entire fleets, including the A-10 Thunderbolt II attack plane and U-2 Dragon Lady spyplanes and “focus on the multi-role aircraft that can deliver a variety of capabilities combatant commanders require” […]

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Lockheed awarded $6.9 billion upgrade “indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity” contract to make the F-22 Raptor a real multirole fighter jet

February 27, 2013 Richard Clements

The US Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a ceiling of $6.9 billion to upgrade the service’s fleet of F-22 Raptor stealth fighters. Lockheed said that “The Air Force uses this to authorize […]

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“Tall Man 55”: B-58 Hustler supersonic bomber propaganda movie aimed at scaring the Soviets during the Cold War

June 20, 2012 David Cenciotti

Straight from the Cold War. The following is an interesting ’60s propaganda movie about the Convair B-58 Hustler whose purpose was to raise the awareness of the Americans about the U.S. Air Force operations (“jet […]

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Air Force mini-Shuttle returns to Earth at the end of clandestine 15-month mission around the globe

June 16, 2012 David Cenciotti

On Jun. 16, 2012 at 05.48 AM local (12.48 GMT), 469 days after it was launched, the Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California at the end of the […]

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Photo: The most famous U.S. nuclear bomber generates (peace sign) rainbow condensation cloud

May 6, 2012 David Cenciotti

The following photo shows a B-52H Stratofortress from the 96th Bomb Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, La., generating a rainbow-colored condensation cloud on take off on a training flight, on Apr 18. I found it […]

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