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Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs / Published June 30, 2021 An F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 6th Weapons Squadron lands after a training mission at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., March 16, 2021. The U.S. Air Force Weapons School provides academic and advisory support to numerous units, enhancing air combat training for Airmen from the Air Force, Department of Defense and U.S. allied services each year. (U.S. Air Force photo by William R. Lewis) '); $slider .carouFredSel({ auto: false, responsive: t...

Airbus eyes Air Combat Cloud role on Tempest 04 June 2021 by Gareth Jennings Airbus is seeking a role in developing the Air Combat Cloud pillar of the UK's Future Combat Air System (FCAS), of which the Tempest fighter is a crucial component. Conceptual art showing the European FCAS system-of-systems being networked together via the Air Combat Cloud. With Airbus leading development of this European cloud, Airbus DS in the UK is looking to channel this expertise and knowledge into the UK's FCAS project also to ensure future interoperability. (Airbus) Speaking to Janes at the company's space fac...

A senior military official at the Ministry of National Defense’s Armaments Bureau has been detained for allegedly demanding NT$45 million (US$1.61 million) in bribes from a contractor. Major General Chang Ta-wei (張大偉), who heads the bureau’s Construction and Facilities Section, and former BES Engineering Corp chairman Shen Hwa-yeang (沈華養) were yesterday detained under restricted communication after law enforcement authorities raided their offices and residences early this week. New Taipei City prosecutors suspect that Chang received bribes from BES executives for a big tender ...

Placing an F-22 jet potentially three hundred miles closer to a point of attack, as was done in this exercise, decreases the potential need for refueling, massively decreases time to attack.

F-35A Lightning II test aircraft assigned to the 31st Test Evaluation Squadron from Edwards Air Force Base, California, released AIM-120 AMRAAM and AIM-9X missiles at QF-16 targets during a live-fire test over an Air Force range in the Gulf of Mexico on June 12, 2018. The Joint Operational Test Team conducted the missions as part of Block 3F Initial Operational Test and Evaluation.