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  • Developing Story: Military Jets Escorting Passenger Jet From Dubai to JFK Airport

    10/29/2010 12:10:13 PM PDT · by DCBryan1 · 261 replies
    Fox news Alert ^ | 29 OCT 10 | dcbryan1
    Military Jets escorting passenger jet to JFK airport. Hand off to CAP US F15s from VA from NATO CF-18s. DEVELOPING!
  • More UAV Squadrons

    11/09/2009 5:57:06 PM PST · by ErnstStavroBlofeld · 9 replies · 664+ views
    The Strategy Page ^ | 11/07/2009 | The Strategy Page
    Last month, the U.S. Air Force created four new UAV squadrons (29th Attack Squadron, 6th Reconnaissance Squadron, 16th Training Squadron and 849th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron). All these new units are actually training squadrons. The air force is training 220 operator crews (each with a pilot and one or two sensor operators) a year. In two years, this will increase to 400 a year, which will enable the air force to run 50 CAPs (Combat Air Patrol; UAVs in the air over a combat zone) simultaneously. The large number of new crews are needed because the pilots only operate UAVs for...