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Topic: US Air Force

US explorer says he may have found wreckage of Amelia Earhart’s plane that disappeared 87 yrs ago

Aviation pioneer Earhart, the first woman to ever fly solo across the Atlantic in 1932, was on a mission to fly around the world, when her plane went missing over the Pacific.

Miss America 2024 Madison Marsh is the first active-duty US Air Force officer to win the title

Marsh, who was crowned Miss Colorado last year, is a Master’s student in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. She graduated from Air Force Academy with a physics degree.

‘How the hell do you lose an F-35?’ US military seeks help to find fighter jet missing since ‘mishap’

Charleston air force base puts out appeal asking people to reach out if they have information on aircraft’s whereabouts. Jet went missing in South Carolina after pilot ejected safely.

US fighter jet shoots down unidentified, cylindrical object over Canada

The object was first observed in Alaska Friday & US military officials closely tracked it before shooting it down Saturday over Yukon territory in Canada, said Canadian PM Justin Trudeau.

Xi’s unchallenged rise doesn’t mean factionalism in CCP is dead. It’s just getting started

General Michael Minihan of Air Mobility Command has written an internal memo addressed to his fellow officers, predicting a war with China in 2025 over Taiwan.

US Air Force reveals new B-21 raider nuclear stealth bomber in California

Northrop Grumman described the B-21 Raider as the backbone of the future for US air power. Its 6th-gen capabilities include stealth, information advantage, and open architecture.

B-1B Lancer, the long-range US bomber with 50 world records that will ‘fly-by’ at Aero India

The B-1B is the backbone of America's long-range bomber force and can deliver massive quantities of precision and non-precision weapons against adversaries.

Robot dogs join US Air Force for major exercise, could be ‘key to next-gen warfare’

The robot dogs — four-legged, headless, mechanical creatures — were made to exit an aircraft and look for signs of danger at Nellis Air Force Base in the US state of Nevada.

Trump’s plane was nearly hit by a small drone before landing in Washington on Sunday

The device, which was yellow and black and shaped like a cross, was seen by several passengers on the jet shortly before it landed in Maryland.

How the ‘CIA plane’ that went down in Afghanistan was helping US forces

The Taliban claimed it had shot down the Northrop Grumman E-11A aircraft in Afghanistan Monday, but the US military said it was an accident.

On Camera

Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Secret to Pakistan aircraft losses in Op Sindoor could lie in Martin-Baker’s ejection seats records

New Delhi: On 7 May this year, as India and Pakistan entered into what was to be an 88-hour conflict, British firm Martin-Baker, which...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.