USAF FY16 Budget Includes U-2 Spy Plane, Global Hawk UAV
The budget for the U.S. Air Force for fiscal year 2016 (FY16) includes money for both the U-2 Spy Plane and the Global Hawk unmanned system, but places the A-10 Warthog back on the chopping block.
Video Released By Terrorist Group Shows Man In A Cage Being Set Afire
A video released Tuesday by Islamic State militants appears to show a Jordanian pilot who had been captured after his plane went down in Syria in December being burned alive in a cage. While it could not be confirmed that the man in the cage being set on fire was Mouath al-Kasaesbeh, the reaction from Jordanian authorities made it clear that they felt it was genuine.
Lawyers Say Information Supports Families' Claims That Planemaker, AAR Responsible
The National Transportation Safety Board has opened the accident docket as part of the ongoing investigation into the April 29, 2013 crash of a National Airlines Boeing 747 at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. The cargo flight went down on takeoff on its way from Bagram to Dubai. All seven crew members were fatally injured and the airplane was destroyed.
Embraer has successfully performed the first flight of the new military transport and aerial refueling jet, the KC-390. Test pilots Mozart Louzada and Marcos Salgado de Oliveira Lima and flight test engineers Raphael Lima and Roberto Becker flew the aircraft for 1 hour and 25 minutes, conducting an evaluation of flying qualities and performance.
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