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'Gambler' named No. 1 fighter pilot in Air Force with 2 awards
Sumter Item
Anthony C. Shine Award, awarded by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, focuses attention on and accords recognition to an outstanding fighter pilot for proficiency and professionalism in flying a fighter aircraft, making him the No. 1 fighter pilot in ...

Former UP student to graduate with honors from US Air Force Academy
GMA News
From someone who only watched planes fly above his home in the Philippines, the lone Filipino in his batch at the United States Armed Forces Academy (USAFA) will now graduate with honors next week and will soon be flying planes himself. According to an ...

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Air Force selects Wichita base for new tanker aircraft
Topeka Capital Journal
McConnell and Forbes Field in Topeka were finalists among U.S. facilities to receive the advanced aircraft, but the Kansas bases were competing in separate categories. While McConnell won the active-duty operational mission, Forbes lost to Pease Air...
U.S. Air Force selects Pease to receive new tankerWMUR Manchester
Altus Air Force Base to House First Formal Training Unit for New TankerNewsOK.com (blog)
US' largest tanker base to be in WichitaLawrence Journal World
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Exclusive: US Air Force to move forward target date for F-35 use
Fox Business
The Navy has set mid-2018 for starting operational use of its C-model F-35, which is designed for use aboard U.S. aircraft carriers. Its deadline or threshold date is early 2019. The Air Force decision marks a reversal from its earlier insistence that ...

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Av-Det, Polish air force host local community day event
DVIDS
U.S. Air Force Capt. Kyle Lukey, a 176th Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft pilot with the 115th Fighter Wing Air National Guard, explains the features of a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft to local high school students during a ...

Aviation Week

US Air Force To Move Forward Target Date For F-35 Use
Aviation Week
The U.S. Air Force plans to start operational use of Lockheed Martin Corp.-built (LMT.N) F-35 fighter jets in mid-2016, a year earlier than planned, using a similar software package as the Marine Corps, two sources familiar with the plans said on Monday.
Utah reps question Air Force chief over sequestration, F-35sStandardNet
F35 to be Used in the US Earlier than Expected?IsraelDefense
The Warplane You HaveISN

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