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Topic: US Air Force

EVM now stands for exam vindication mechanism & muskuraiye Trump ji, aap Qatar mein hain

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

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.

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

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.