Air Force says F-16 crashes are up
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The dreaded BANG! came from deep within the F-16's lone engine, shaking the warplane as it made passes over an Arizona bombing range last December. Then came the alarming loss of thrust.
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The Air Force will keep more than 40 percent of its older model F-15 fighter jets grounded indefinitely after discovering that critical support beams have manufacturing flaws dating back nearly 30 years that could lead to catastrophic damage to the aircraft.
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The number of armed pilots has grown even larger than the air marshals program
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Crash comes amid safety gains, but also highlights some key problem areas.
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The Secretary of Defense made clear to Congress that the number of F-22 fighters sought by the Air Force is excessive
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The U.S. military said it was checking reports that a Chinook transport helicopter might have crashed or made an emergency landing near Baghdad on Wednesday.
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Lockheed Martin Corp.  was awarded a $400 million contract for F-16 aircraft sales to several foreign countries and also won a $248 million contract to support the F-22 weapon system, the Pentagon said on Friday.
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The Air Force's management of its space programs has improved during the past year but some systems, including an early warning missile contract, will continue to need special attention, according to an advisory panel review released yesterday.
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A manufacturing defect blamed for the mid-air breakup of an F-15 Eagle fighter may cause the Air Force to ground a quarter of its fleet of those warplanes permanently, a top general said Thursday.
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AAIB probe continues The Air Accidents Investigation Branch has issued an update (pdf) on its investigation into the 17 January crash-landing of a Boeing 777 at Heathrow, indicating that there "were no anomalies in the major aircraft systems" and that the "autopilot and the autothrottle systems behaved correctly and the engine control systems were providing the correct commands prior to, during, and after, the reduction in thrust".â¦
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The Indian air force is to buy 126 aircraft with the US F-16 fighter among those being considered.
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Federal investigators said Wednesday evening that they were optimistic they would find the cause of Tuesday night&#39;s crash of a twin-engine turboprop airliner near the
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U.S. safety investigators on Monday blamed crew error for the deadly crash of a corporate jet two years ago in Texas that was heading to pick up former President George H.W. Bush when it went down.
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A senior U.S. defense official said Thursday that Washington is considering an appeal from Pakistan for F-16 fighter aircraft &#151; a request that has received a muted response from the United States in previous years.
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The deadly attacks against U.S.  forces on Iraqi highways have prompted the Air Force to  increase its use of aircraft to carry supplies to American  troops on the most dangerous routes.
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The US Air Force grounds 30 of its C-130 aircraft over cracks in the wings, days after a British plane crashed in Iraq.
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A U.S. Air Force jet carrying one pilot crashed in Iraq on Monday, the military said.