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After some touch-ups, the Air Force's biggest plane is ready to soar for decades, but the service has other transport problems to solve
"You know, the big Air Force is spending millions and millions of dollars - new engines, avionics u…
Christopher Woody
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Ahead of US visit Modi signs off on $3.1 billion deal for Boeing
American companies have over the last decade bagged defence contracts from India worth around USD 1…
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US Air Force wildly overpaid Boeing by almost 8,000% for C-17 aircraft bathroom soap dispensers, Pentagon watchdog finds
The Air Force paid over 80 times the going rate for a bathroom soap dispenser, per a new watchdog r…
Chris Panella
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France to deliver the twin-jet Rafale combat aircraft by July end
"French company Dassault Aviation is expected to deliver the much awaited twin-jet combat aircra…
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The Afghan national youth soccer star who fell to his death from a US military jet fleeing Kabul feared he'd never play again if he stayed, his brother says
Zaki Anwari, an attacking midfielder for Afghanistan's national youth soccer team, died amid the ch…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Crazy video shows Special Ops training team tossing stealthy boats out of a C-17 cargo jet - and then jumping out themselves
SWCCs are part of the Navy Special Warfare Command, and are tasked with expertly driving high-…
Ben Brimelow
Why the $340 million C-17 Globemaster III became the center of evacuation efforts
With a price tag of about $340 million, the C-17 Globemaster III is one of the most in-demand cargo…
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How Air Force maintainers get a plane flying again after a lightning strike
It took a week of work with the help of cranes and a cherry picker to get this C-17 back to operati…
Staff Sgt. Devin Boyer, US Ai…
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The Air Force says the struggling KC-46 tanker program has completed the final tests needed for delivery
"I am encouraged by the team's progress in putting another significant milestone behind us," Goldfe…
Christopher Woody,Reuters
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The only chart you need to see to know that the US spends more on its military than the next 11 countries combined
In 2015, the US had a defense budget of about $597 billion, according to the International Institut…
Mark Abadi
How flight crews train to fly the $340 Million C-17 Globemaster III cargo jet
One of the biggest cargo planes in the world, the C-17 Globemaster III has a payload capacity of 17…
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It costs about $200,000 to operate Air Force One - here's why it's so expensive
According to Boeing, each aircraft carries a crew of 26 along with roughly 70 passengers which incl…
Benjamin Zhang
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Photo shows a US Air Force cargo plane crammed with 640 Afghans trying to flee the Taliban
It's among the largest-ever number of people who have been on a C-17 Globemaster III craft, Defense…
Sinéad Baker
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The US Air Force is turning cargo planes into flying munitions trucks able to unleash a mass of standoff weapons
The service has been experimenting with using cargo planes to drop lots of long-range weapons that …
Ryan Pickrell
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An Afghan baby born on an evacuating aircraft was named 'Reach' after the call sign of the plane
"It's my dream to see that little girl called Reach grow up and be a US citizen and fly United Stat…
Madison Hall,Ryan Pickrell
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Heartbreaking photo shows an Afghan child being kept warm by US military uniform during an evacuation flight out of Kabul
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said Wednesday that "approximately 5,000 peo…
Vanessa Gu
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The US Air Force flew 1 million coronavirus test swabs to the US from Italy, and more are likely on the way
"The swabs are sent out to the different medical facilities. They are used to test patients, and th…
Ryan Pickrell
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VIDEO: Here's what US troops saw when thousands of Afghans flooded the airport in Kabul desperately looking for a way out
The video offers a view of just how many people poured into Hamid Karzai International Airport tryi…
Ryan Pickrell
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Watch F-15 fighter jets rip though the UK's 'Mach Loop' while making ultra low-level passes
Earlier this week, amateur photographer Elwyn Roberts caught what appear to be US Air Force F-15 fi…
Christopher Woody
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A US cargo plane ferrying refugees out of Afghanistan was so full, parents held their babies above their heads so they 'wouldn't be stepped on'
Ramin Rahman wrote about his experience fleeing Afghanistan for The Guardian, saying he heard gunsh…