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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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IAF's C-17 aircraft executes precision airdrop in Arabian Sea, helps Navy seize hijacked vessel
A C-17 tactical transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) executed a precision airdrop of tw…
PTI
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Photos show US Army paratroopers jumping out of giant C-17s into the freezing Arctic for an airborne assault. Soldiers say it's a rush.
Photos capture what it's like for US Army paratroopers to jump into the frigid Arctic air and land …
Chris Panella
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US vs. Chinese aircraft carriers: How the world's top flattops stack up
The US Navy's carrier fleet is superior to the Chinese, though China's new Fujian aircraft carrier …
Benjamin Brimelow
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Air Force clears crew of C-17 that took off during Kabul evacuation while Afghan civilians swarmed the aircraft
The investigation was launched after footage emerged of Afghan civilians clinging to C-17 jets, wit…
Matthew Loh
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The US Air Force is teaching AI to navigate aircraft in case GPS gets taken out in a future fight
In future combat where GPS navigation options can be jammed or eliminated, AI could help aircraft f…
Chris Panella
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China built a new modern aircraft carrier, but it's got a 'steep learning curve' to beat before it can match the US Navy
China's Fujian represents a major jump in capabilities, but its navy has much to learn before it ca…
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 US Air Force's biggest planes are getting a rest after scrambling to get 124,000 people out of Afghanistan
"Anytime we surge like that, both the aircraft and aircrew need a time to kind of regain that readi…
Christopher Woody
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A US Navy carrier strike group is deploying with advanced fifth-generation F-35C stealth fighter jets for the first time
The USS Carl Vinson set sail on Monday with the Navy's most advanced fighter aircraft onboard.
Ryan Pickrell
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US Air Force's biggest planes need to do more than carry things in the next war, air-mobility general says
"We really have to think about how we're going to use the airplanes in the future," Gen. Jacqueline…
Christopher Woody
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An Afghan refugee who lifted his wife and toddler onto a C-17 military plane to flee Kabul tells the harrowing story of how they arrived safely in the US
"This is the time to save your life," a 32-year-old Afghan refugee said he thought to himself befor…
Oma Seddiq
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As Israeli jets devastate Gaza, air force photos show fighter aircraft armed with what look like unguided 'dumb' bombs
The photos appear to show jets armed or being equipped with unguided bombs, less accurate weapons t…
Chris Panella
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Britain's Royal Navy says it did what only the US has until now: flown a large drone off the deck of an aircraft carrier
A large and specially modified drone took off from and landed back on the Queen Elizabeth-class HMS…
Jake Epstein
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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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9-month-old Afghan refugee on C-17 military jet from Germany dies after landing in Philadelphia
The baby girl died Wednesday, marking the first known death of an evacuee from Afghanistan in the U…
Natalie Musumeci
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US, UK, and Japanese aircraft carriers are training together in the Pacific. Here's how their 'big decks' stack up
It's been a busy two months for the American, British, and Japanese navies — especially their carri…