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Air Force Ospreys in Japan resume flight ops

U.S. Air Force crews from the Japan-based 353rd Special Operations Wing started flying the CV-22 Osprey once again Tuesday, seven months after one of the aircraft crashed during a training mission, killing all eight airmen on board. The return to flying followed a...
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Air Force’s ‘WiFi in the sky’ provides a backbone for Gaza airdrops

The Air Force’s E-11A airborne communications relay planes have been referred to as “WiFi in the sky” for their ability to share battlefield data with faraway aircraft as well as troops on the ground, including across the mountainous terrain of Afghanistan for which...
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Spurned by KNDS, Leonardo teams with Rheinmetall for Italy’s new tanks

ROME — Germany’s Rheinmetall has signed a deal with Italy’s Leonardo to discuss the development and building of hundreds of new tanks and tracked fighting vehicles for Italy, weeks after European giant KNDS walked away from a similar deal with Leonardo. Rheinmetall...
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Italy seizes Chinese military drones heading to Libya, authorities say

ROME — Italy has seized Chinese military drones disguised as wind turbines that were heading to Libya in violation of a U.N. embargo, Italian authorities said. Components making up the two drones were concealed in six containers sent on two container ships from China...
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