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Several exotic participants have taken part in Iniochos 2023 exercise in Greece.

A second batch of U.S.-based F-15E Strike Eagles have rotated into Kadena Air Base on Okinawa as part of a two-year plan to replace the installation’s aging F-15 fighters with a superior rotational force.

Collages by Klawe Rzeczy. Source photographs: United States Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle on its way to Poland in support of NATO © Operation 2022/Alamy; Independence Monument in Kyiv © klug-photo/iStock; U.S. Marine Corps soldier © Michele Ursi/iStock; U.S. Marine Corps soldier and vehicle © Michele Ursi/iStock; Polish soldiers working with NATO allies © APFootage/Alamy; […]

In 2014, the U.S. Air Force began development of the B-21 Raider, its next generation stealth bomber. However, despite having socialized a set of requirements, identified a vendor, and set a per-unit price that will inevitably skyrocket, any serious discussion of whether a need for this platform actually exists has taken place - pun intended - largely under the radar.

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An unprecedented delay in the return of the Wings Over Wayne is over with North Carolina’s largest air show returning to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base May 20.

For the Air Force, finding a way to permanently keep fighters at Kadena Air Base will require some balancing -- and negotiation with lawmakers and the DoD.

“Using the Su-34 to drop unguided bombs is like pressing a Rolls-Royce automobile into being used as a taxicab," a former Russian aviation designer told Breaking Defense.

The U.S. Air Force abandoned an experiment aimed at boosting pilot training graduation rates for women and minority pilots after the 2021 initiative failed to achieve the intended results and officers privately warned it could violate anti-discrimination policies, according to documents obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

In 2014, the U.S. Air Force began development of the B-21 Raider, its next generation stealth bomber. However, despite having socialized a set of requirements, identified a vendor, and set a per-unit price that will inevitably skyrocket, any serious discussion of whether a need for this platform actually exists has taken place - pun intended - largely under the radar.