U.S. Air Force Capt. James Huff, 351st Air Refueling Squadron group mobility chief of operations, and Capt. Wilson Spreier, 100th Operations Support Squadron mission planning officer, prepare the KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft flight simulator prior to starting the Tanker Heist competition at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, U.K. Staff Sgt. Mackenzie Mendez
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2021 USAF & USSF Almanac: Glossary of Acronyms & Abbreviations
June 30, 2021
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A non-exhaustive list of acronyms and abbreviations found in the 2021 Almanac.
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The Pentagon and contractor Pratt & Whitney reached a $2.88 billion deal for new F-35 engines, the Defense Department announced Aug. 22. The deal covers 141 F135 engines included in Lot 18 of the F-35 program, putting the average price of each engine around $20.4 million.
A trio of refueling accidents since October 2022 were caused by fighter jets' inability to disconnect after taking on fuel from the KC-46 refueler's boom, Air Mobility Command revealed Aug. 25. The Air Force said it is working with the tanker's maker, Boeing, on a fix.
Air Force Global Strike Command has cleared Airmen to carry the M18 pistol again after completing inspections of thousands of handguns following the July 20 death of Airman Brayden Lovan, a 21-year-old security forces specialist who was killed on duty when his M18 pistol discharged, the command said Aug. 24.
The two Collaborative Combat Aircraft prototypes are expected to fly very soon, as Anduril Industries and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems conclude ground tests. The two aircraft will fly from commercial airports in the desert areas north of Los Angeles, California, not far from Edwards Air Force Base.
U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers, flanked by Swedish and Hungarian JAS-39 Gripen fighter jets, flew over Latvia's capital city in a symbol of NATO solidarity.
Units across the Air Force are mourning four Airmen who died in separate incidents this month, including one who collapsed during a physical fitness test and another who local police said died after being shot by a fellow Airman.
U.S. Air Force F-16s intercepted a Russian spy plane operating off the coast of Alaska on consecutive days, North American Aerospace Defense Command officials said.
