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September 9, 2024 Angels With Rotors (Part 2): U.S. MEDEVAC Helicopter Operations From Vietnam to Present Day Helicopters
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September 8, 2024 Netherlands Announces More F-35 Fighters, NH90 Helicopters in New $2.7B Defense Plan F-35
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September 7, 2024 RTX Fined $200M for Leak of F-22, F-35, B-2, E-3 And Other Aircraft’s Data to Russia, Iran, China Military Aviation

Italian F-35s Test Fired The AIM-120 Missile For The First Time Over Norway During Arctic Challenge

June 25, 2023 David Cenciotti

Arctic Challenge 23 exercise provided the opportunity for the first real use of the AIM-120 Air-to-Air Missile by the Italian Air Force F-35s. Earlier this month, two F-35As of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force) […]

We Have Taken Part In An Arctic Challenge Mission Aboard A KC-135 Tanker

June 8, 2023 David Cenciotti

We refueled Belgian F-16s, Italian and Dutch F-35s during Arctic Challenge 23, the premier Nordic large-force, live-fly field training exercise. About 150 aircraft and approximately 2,700 coalition personnel from 13 nations are involved in ACE […]