Sentences with phrase «air force said»

When asked whether Taranis and later UCAVs based on its technology would ever make their own targeting decisions, air chief marshal Simon Bryant of the UK's Royal Air Force said: «This is a very sensitive area we are paying a lot of attention to.»

«In another letter of December 1, 2014 signed by L.S. Alao (on behalf of the Chief of Air Staff), the Air Force said it received five containerized fuel storage and dispensing units with equipment.

The Air Force said the offense was not entered into a national database, which meant he was able to pass background checks to purchase weapons.

The Air Force said headquarters officials were not aware of the religious component of the ethics course, despite it being taught for nearly two decades by chaplains.

«The Air Force will be updating the instructions for both enlisted and commissioned Airmen to reflect these changes in the coming weeks, but the policy change is effective now,» the Air Force said.

Earlier, the Air Force said the unnamed airman would not be allowed to re-enlist unless he recited the entire oath, including the disputed «God» section.

The Hellenic Air Force said the authorities lost contact with the jet some 9 miles northeast of Skyros at 12.15 p.m.

U.S. Air Force B - 52 bombers have carried out training in the vicinity of the South China Sea and the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, the Air Force said on Friday, in what a Chinese newspaper linked to China's drills near Taiwan.

The Air Force said Wednesday that the new B - 21 Raider bomber will go to three bases in the US when they start arriving in the mid-2020s.

In one instance, the Air Force said two A-10 Warthogs almost collided head - on with an Su - 24 flying in Coalition airspace.

JERUSALEM (Reuters)- Israel would use all its strength from the start in any new war with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, the chief of the Israeli air force said on Wednesday, sending a firm warning a decade after their last conflict.

On Monday, the same day the exercise started, a spokesman for China's air force said it had staged exercises along «routes and areas it has never flown before» with surveillance aircraft over the Yellow and East seas near the Korean Peninsula, according to the South China Morning Post.

The Air Force said that Thursday's launch was the X-37B program's fifth space flight and the first to be sent aloft on a rocket by Elon Musk's private space cargo company SpaceX.

TOKYO (Reuters)- U.S. Air Force B - 52 bombers have carried out training in the «vicinity» of the South China Sea and the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, the Air Force said on Friday, in what a Chinese newspaper linked to China's drills near Taiwan.

The U.S. Air Force said the B - 52s took off from Andersen Air Force Base on the U.S. Pacific island of Guam and «transited to the vicinity of the South China Sea» on Tuesday.

Not exact matches

He further asked, «If exposed, don't we just say classified USAF [U.S. Air Force] work is done there?»

On Tuesday, the United States launched an air strike against Iranian - backed fighters who it said posed a threat to US and US - backed forces in southern Syria.

However U.S. commanders say the precision weapons used by the air force have meant an overall decrease in the number of civilian casualties from combat operations as fewer people have been killed in ground fighting.

US Air Force Major General James Hecker said the A-10s were returning to meet an increased need for close air support in a campaign targeting Taliban revenue sources including drug - producing facilities and in counter-terrorism operatioAir Force Major General James Hecker said the A-10s were returning to meet an increased need for close air support in a campaign targeting Taliban revenue sources including drug - producing facilities and in counter-terrorism operatioair support in a campaign targeting Taliban revenue sources including drug - producing facilities and in counter-terrorism operations.

«What I realized was an Air Force pilot is not that much different from a video game player playing at a high level,» Issa says.

Air Force officials dealing with the shortage have said it could eventually prevent the Air Force from deploying aircraft and resources when they are needed.

But officials have said the Air Force will need to train 1,600 a year to stabilize its ranks.

John Dickson, a former U.S. Air Force intelligence officer and a principal at security specialist Denim Group, said this type of code being present in the Uber app was «pretty scary.»

Donald Trump, who was named TIME Person of the Year on Wednesday, said he will work to bring down the cost of Air Force One planes being developed by Boeing.

The CEO of Boeing said Wednesday that he told Donald Trump the company would build a new Air Force One fleet for less than $ 4 billion, referencing the figure the president - elect previously claimed the «out of control» contract would cost.

In fiscal year 2017, which ended in September, the shortage of pilots grew, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said during a press briefing on Thursday, speaking alongside Goldfein.

«We are in a crisis,» Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein said in late September.

Wilson said the force was short 1,926 pilots, though the Air Force corrected that after the briefing to «around 2,000.&rforce was short 1,926 pilots, though the Air Force corrected that after the briefing to «around 2,000.&rForce corrected that after the briefing to «around 2,000.»

At the time, he said the cost to replace the two Air Force One jets would be «more than $ 4 billion,» and he demanded that the order be canceled.

After the Vietnam War, the service has operated as «a much more tactical Air Force,» he said.

While the U.S. air force is retiring some of its fleet early, the cuts are very program - specific, says Doerksen.

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said at a press briefing on November 9 that the force expected to have a report on the experiment by the end of December, after which it would make decisions about the program and potential battlefield tForce Secretary Heather Wilson said at a press briefing on November 9 that the force expected to have a report on the experiment by the end of December, after which it would make decisions about the program and potential battlefield tforce expected to have a report on the experiment by the end of December, after which it would make decisions about the program and potential battlefield tests.

«Our combat - hardened aircrews are at the tip of the spear for applying airpower against our nation's enemies,» said Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein.

WASHINGTON / BEIRUT, April 14 (Reuters)- Air strikes by U.S., British and French forces crippled Syria's chemical weapons program and all missiles launched hit their targets, the Pentagon said on Saturday as President Donald Trump declared «Mission Accomplished.»

As for trimming costs on defense projects like Air Force One, Boeing says it can handle them efficiently.

«The Air Force's fiscal year 2017 Aviation Bonus take rates have been lower than what the Air Force needs,» Lt. Gen. Gina Grosso, Air Force deputy chief of staff for manpower, personnel, and services, said in the release.

«Recently, one of these aircraft flew from Travis Air Force Base, California, to Yokota, Japan,» Everhart said of the C - 5M.

WASHINGTON / BEIRUT, April 14 - Air strikes by U.S., British and French forces crippled Syria's chemical weapons program and all missiles launched hit their targets, the Pentagon said on Saturday as President Donald Trump declared «Mission Accomplished.»

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein has said he wants to build agile networks to connect the force's battlefield assets, allowing personnel to make the best decisions as quickly as possForce Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein has said he wants to build agile networks to connect the force's battlefield assets, allowing personnel to make the best decisions as quickly as possforce's battlefield assets, allowing personnel to make the best decisions as quickly as possible.

Jeffrey Kohler, Boeing's vice president of business development and a former U.S. Air Force pilot, said the fighter — a new, improved version of the CF - 18 — is more rugged and better suited to Canada's harsh climate.

The Army and Air Force wanted a two - year delay to further study the issue, said the officials, who were not authorized to talk about the internal discussion publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

The number of Orbital employees working on OmegA is expected to double to 1,000 if the Air Force awards the company a design contract this year, the company said.

At least 12 air strikes hit Latakia's northern countryside as pro-government forces clashed with fighters from al Qaeda's Nusra Front and Turkmen insurgents in the Jabal Akrad and Jabal Turkman areas, the British - based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

The Air Force has not disclosed many details about the space craft other than to say it's designed for «low Earth orbit altitudes where it can perform long duration space technology experimentation and testing.»

«It's designed to be ingeniously simple,» says Kirk Hawkins, a former Air Force pilot and CEO of Icon Aircraft.

In July the U.S. Air Force is expected to award three suppliers with contracts for next - generation rocket designs under the Pentagon's launch services agreements program, with ULA, SpaceX, Orbital and Jeff Bezos» Blue Origin as the likely competitors, Jefferies said.

The Air Force is said to have as many as 20 MOABs, so the deadly machine dropping toward Earth represented a significant chunk of the US stockpile.

The new air - defense system, designed to defend Russia's borders, can be turned into combat mode in less than five minutes, Interfax news agency quoted Viktor Sevostyanov, a commander with Russia's air forces, as saying.

When asked by reporters aboard Air Force One what he thought of the scandals swirling around the EPA chief, Trump said, «I have to look at them,» adding, «I'll make that determination.

China's air force has started military exercises near the Korean peninsula to deter «surprise attacks» from across the sea, said Chinese state media.