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Historic
From Dambusters to bunker-busters
A brief note dated 3 August 1943 from Air Cdre Sydney Bufton, director of bomber operations at the Air Ministry, to Bomber Command’s Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief is a pointer towards one of the more notable inventions by Barnes Wallis, a “12,000lb deep penetration bomb” that would emerge as Tallboy.
Military
Senegalese Air Force receives new CN235-220MPA
Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) has handed over a new production CN235-220MPA to the Armée de l'Air Sénégalaise (Senegalese Air Force) at the PTDI production facility in Bandung
USAF accepts its first F-15EX
The USAF formally accepted its first F-15EX at Boeing’s facility in St Louis, Missouri, on March 10 – just over a month after the multi-role fighter graced the skies for the first time
Spirits arrive in Portugal for historic bomber deployment
Three Northrop Grumman B-2A Spirit strategic stealth bombers from the USAF’s 509th Bomb Wing have deployed to Lajes Field on Terceira Island in the Azores, Portugal, as part of a Bomber Task Force mission in Europe
Commercial
UK government requests 16 more Chinooks
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress...
Embraer receives second E-99 for upgrade
The Força Aérea Brasileira (Brazilian Air Force) announced...
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