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After 60 years, Chinook keeps getting better

This month marks 60 years since the Chinook prototype took to the skies, setting the stage for the rotorcraft’s eventual dominance in heavy-lift heroics.

  
 

 

 
Want to be a fighter pilot? Here's what you'll need on your application
• Want to be a fighter pilot? Here's what you'll need on your application
— In this video, US Air Force Maj. Justin "Hasard" Lee breaks down what requirements you'll need....>>
 
Pentagon Reveals USN F/A-18F Super Hornet Fighters Patrolling Middle East With Stealth-Spotting Infrared Sensors
• Pentagon Reveals USN F/A-18F Super Hornet Fighters Patrolling Middle East With Stealth-Spotting Infrared Sensors
— Photos recently posted by the US Navy show its F/A-18F Super Hornets deployed to the Middle Eas....>>
 
US Army Wants Electronic Jammer Weapon With Missile Defense Capabilities
• US Army Wants Electronic Jammer Weapon With Missile Defense Capabilities
— US Army officials unveiled plans on Tuesday for a vehicle-mounted electronic jamming system tha....>>
 
USAF 416th FLTS, AFRL Tests “Gray Wolf” Cruise Missile
• USAF 416th FLTS, AFRL Tests “Gray Wolf” Cruise Missile
— The USAF 416th Flight Test Squadron recently completed a round of tests of the Air Force Resear....>>
 
NASA places order for three Airbus H135 helicopters

• NASA places order for three Airbus H135 helicopters

  
 
USAF F-16 Downs Drone With Rocket for Cruise Missile • USAF F-16 Downs Drone With Rocket for Cruise Missile  
 
Northrop Grumman to EW Suite Prototype for USAF F-16
• Northrop Grumman to EW Suite Prototype for USAF F-16
— US Air Force has selected Northrop Grumman, via the SOSSEC Consortium, to demonstrate prototype....>>
 
Northrop Grumman Delivers 500th AN/APG-81 AESA Radar for the F-35 Lightning II
• Northrop Grumman Delivers 500th AN/APG-81 AESA Radar for the F-35 Lightning II
— Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has delivered its 500th AN/APG-81 fire control radar f....>>
 
Versatile. Lethal. Sustainable. Bell Announces 360 Invictus For U.S. Army Fara Competition
• Versatile. Lethal. Sustainable. Bell Announces 360 Invictus For U.S. Army Fara Competition
— Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, has announced a new rotorcraft, Bell 360....>>
 
US Air Force Prototypes 6th-Gen Future Stealth Fighters
• US Air Force Prototypes 6th-Gen Future Stealth Fighters
— Drone fighter jets, hypersonic attack planes, artificial intelligence, lasers, electronic warfa....>>
 
  USA AIR FORCE NEWS ARCHIVES: News & Headlines
• Laser tail gunners: DARPA seeks to use laser weapons to defend aircraft from rearward attack (22.01.2013)
• Gladiators soar in F/A-18 Super Hornets (20.01.2013)
• U.S. Air Force Is ‘Committed’ To Long-Range Strike Bomber (18.01.2013)
• US, Italy Pursue T-X Trainer Program (18.01.2013)
• Cobham plc Cobham Awarded $31 Million U.S. Navy Contract (7.01.2013)
• Fiscal-cliff fears trigger potential bonanza for Lockheed, region's military contractors (6.01.2013)
• Not a Blimp, Not a Plane: The Gigantic Aeroscraft Is Ready, and It’s Awesome (4.01.2013)
• How Good Is The World's Most Expensive Fighter Jet? (2.01.2013)
• Bell-Boeing lands $1.4B military contract for additional V-22s (31.12.2012)
• Training expansion on hold for B-1, B-52 bombers (31.12.2012)
• Lockheed gets $4.9bn F-35 funding (30.12.2012)
• Fiscal cliff: Industries serving military would lose jobs (30.12.2012)
• U.S. Army near decision on holding helicopter competition (30.12.2012)
• Boeing to Provide 2 More C-40A Transport Aircraft to US Navy (28.12.2012)
• Pentagon Preps Stealth Strike Force to Counter China (27.12.2012)
• Better Nuclear Bombs for a Safer World (26.12.2012)
• US Navy pulls two aircraft carriers from Syria shores (18.12.2012)
• Defense bill spares 3,300 airmen, US Global Hawks (18.12.2012)
• U.S. Air Force approves start of F-35 pilot training (17.12.2012)
• US ready for another launch of secretive X-37B military space plane (15.12.2012)
 
• Laser tail gunners: DARPA seeks to use laser weapons to defend aircraft from rearward attack (22.01.2013)
• Gladiators soar in F/A-18 Super Hornets (20.01.2013)
• U.S. Air Force Is ‘Committed’ To Long-Range Strike Bomber (18.01.2013)
• US, Italy Pursue T-X Trainer Program (18.01.2013)
• Cobham plc Cobham Awarded $31 Million U.S. Navy Contract (7.01.2013)
• Fiscal-cliff fears trigger potential bonanza for Lockheed, region's military contractors (6.01.2013)
• Not a Blimp, Not a Plane: The Gigantic Aeroscraft Is Ready, and It’s Awesome (4.01.2013)
• How Good Is The World's Most Expensive Fighter Jet? (2.01.2013)
• Bell-Boeing lands $1.4B military contract for additional V-22s (31.12.2012)
• Training expansion on hold for B-1, B-52 bombers (31.12.2012)
• Lockheed gets $4.9bn F-35 funding (30.12.2012)
• Fiscal cliff: Industries serving military would lose jobs (30.12.2012)
• U.S. Army near decision on holding helicopter competition (30.12.2012)
• Boeing to Provide 2 More C-40A Transport Aircraft to US Navy (28.12.2012)
• Pentagon Preps Stealth Strike Force to Counter China (27.12.2012)
• Better Nuclear Bombs for a Safer World (26.12.2012)
• US Navy pulls two aircraft carriers from Syria shores (18.12.2012)
• Defense bill spares 3,300 airmen, US Global Hawks (18.12.2012)
• U.S. Air Force approves start of F-35 pilot training (17.12.2012)
• US ready for another launch of secretive X-37B military space plane (15.12.2012)
 
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