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Air Warfare

Tunisian Air Force receives first of 8 T-6C trainers from Textron

Tunisian pilots are currently training with the new aircraft in the US ahead of transfer to the North African nation.

Air Warfare

EXCLUSIVE: Air Force grounding F-35s over ejection seat concerns

The stand-down follows the Navy grounding an undisclosed number of jets due to concerns with ejection seat safety.

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Air Warfare

Air Force Expands Experimental Pilot Training Across Aircraft, Helo Fleets

"We flew the F-22 like it was an F-15. We flew the F-15E like an F-111. APT-X will figure out how can we can fly the T-7 differently - not like a T-38," says Brig. Gen. Brenda Cartier, 19th Air Force vice commander.

Air Warfare

Air Force T-6s Return to Flight; OBOGS Monitoring Cited

CORRECTED: Removed Reference To AT-6, Which Is Not Derived From T-6 WASHINGTON: The basic training plane for Air Force pilots, the propeller-driven T-6 Texan, is returning to flight almost one month after being grounded after a series of unexplained physiological events (what we used to call suspected hypoxia incidents). As is the case with most such […]

Naval Warfare

Navy Budget Share Grows, Boosted By Pacific Strategy Shift

PENTAGON: The Navy would get the largest budget share among the three military services in the 2014 budget submitted Wednesday, but would still see a drop in total funding from what Congress provided for this year in the final version of the continuing resolution. The $155.8 billion requested for the Navy Department in the president’s […]

Air Warfare

Hawker Beechcraft Chairman Rebuffs Security Concerns Over Sale To Chinese: EXCLUSIVE

The proposed sale of bankrupt Hawker Beechcraft to a Chinese company will create no security problems for the US military, pledged Hawker chairman Bill Boisture in an exclusive interview with Breaking Defense. If the potential $1.8 billion sale to Superior Aviation Beijing actually goes through — and at least one well-regarded industry observer, Richard Aboulafia, […]