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August 22, 2007

Typhoons Intercept Russian Bomber Near UK Airspace

Tensions Mount Between Countries

As ANN recently reported, Russia seems bent on reasserting its place on the global stage of aerial warfare. The former Soviet Union recently stepped up surveillance flights of Cold War-era Tu-95 "Bear" bombers, to the chagrin of the United States and NATO.

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Black Hawk Down Near Baghdad

Fourteen Soldiers Lost In Apparent Accident

A US Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter went down north of Baghdad early Wednesday, killing the 14 soldiers onboard.

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Report: USAF Straining Under Budget Woes

Service May Look To Bailouts From Pentagon, Congress

Like the rest of us, the United States Air Force is learning it needs to live within its means... and money really doesn't grow on trees after all.

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Second Body Found On Sierra Nevada Glacier

Believed To Be WWII Aviator Lost In '42 Accident

A writer searching for the engine of an AT-7 navigational plane that went down during a training mission shortly after takeoff on November 18, 1942 -- for a book he's writing on the accident -- discovered a body atop a glacier in the Sierra Nevada range... that is believed to be one of three aviators on board that flight.

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Operation Deep Freeze 2007-08 Begins In Antarctica

C-17s Deliver Passengers, Cargo To McMurdo Station

Operation Deep Freeze 2007-08 winter flights began August 20 from Christchurch, New Zealand, ending more than five months of isolation for the research station as the first C-17 Globemaster III delivered passengers and cargo to McMurdo Station, Antarctica.

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KC-30 Tanker Boom System Passes 130 Flight Test Hours

Next Up -- Inflight Contacts, Fuel Transfers

Northrop Grumman tells ANN the KC-30 Tanker's fly-by-wire boom has completed more than 130 hours of evaluations during 50 flights, demonstrating what the company says is the maturity of the world's most advanced military aerial refueling system.

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