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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:29 pm

B-52's New Engines, B-1's Early Retirement Updates, B-2 off runway, B-21 progress And All The Recent News Regarding The U.S. Bomber Fleet. The Pentagon announced through their contract notices on Sept. 24, 2021, that Rolls Royce has been awarded an estimated $500,870,458 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide new engines for the B-52H Stratofortress bomber fleet, with a potential total of $2,604,329,361 if all options are exercised....
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Sep 29, 2021 7:56 pm

Two German Air Force pilots have joined Qatari pilots at the Italian Flight Training School (IFTS) in Italy. The new International Flight Training School (IFTS) is a joint venture between the Italian Air Force and Leonardo. Currently located at the 61° Stormo (Wing) at Galatina Air Base, in southeastern Italy but about to relocate to Decimomannu Air Base, Sardinia, (where a groundbreaking ceremony was held in December 2020 to mark the beginning of the construction works of a modern flight training campus), the initiative is an example of strategic partnership between the military and the industry, set to become an international benchmark for military pilots’ training....

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