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F-35 Fleet Getting Vibration Issue Fix | ‘Dangerous’ Chinese Air Actions | Fifth-Gen Weapons

March 3, 2023 | By Greg Hadley, Chris Gordon, Christopher Prawdzik and John A. Tirpak

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USAF Separated 610 Airmen for Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine | Tests Underway for New B-52 Engine | Why the Afghan Air Force Collapsed

March 2, 2023 | By Chris Gordon, Christopher Prawdzik and John A. Tirpak

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Air Force Selects E-7 as AWACS Replacement | F-35 Deliveries to Restart After Engine Fix | DOD Says F-16s Too Costly for Ukraine Despite Pushback

March 1, 2023 | By Chris Gordon, Christopher Prawdzik, John A. Tirpak and Lt. Gen. Bruce Wright, USAF (Ret.)

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Air Force Reverses COVID-19 Vaccine Actions | US Hopes to Save New START | Task Force 99 Completes First Tests

Feb. 28, 2023 | By Chris Gordon, Christopher Prawdzik and John A. Tirpak

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F-35 Engine Deliveries Resume | Ukraine to Get New US Drones But No F-16s | Experts Argue for Improved Air Defense

Feb. 27, 2023 | By Chris Gordon, Christopher Prawdzik and John A. Tirpak

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Slife Talks Force-Sizing Construct | Russia Suspends New START | B-1s Fly with South Korea, Japan

Feb. 22, 2023 | By Greg Hadley, Chris Gordon and John A. Tirpak

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Iranian Drones in Ukraine | New Launch Options for Space Force? | ‘New Normal’ in China’s Exercises near Taiwan

Feb. 21, 2023 | By Greg Hadley, Chris Gordon and John A. Tirpak

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Biden Speaks on Downed Objects | NORAD Intercepts Russian Aircraft Again | Refreshing the Propulsion Industrial Base

Feb. 17, 2023 | By Greg Hadley, Chris Gordon and John A. Tirpak

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Feb. 16, 2023

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Verbatim

Feb. 16, 2023

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Strategy & Policy: Accelerate Weapons Testing Or … Fail?

Feb. 16, 2023 | By John A. Tirpak

DOT&E Director Nickolas H. Guertin said the test enterprise must be reimagined, so weapons are no longer tested in isolation.

Will Ukraine Get F-16s? 

Feb. 16, 2023 | By Chris Gordon

Continued aggressive attacks by Russia have kept the flow of military aid from the west rising and the sophistication of the weapons on offer growing.