Some of its marquee military aircraft include the F-35 joint strike fighter, F-16 fighter, F-22 Raptor stealth fighter and the C-130J Hercules airlifter.
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As the most expensive defence project ever undertaken starts to come to fruition, the BBC has been given exclusive access to the world's most advanced fighter jet, the Joint Strike Fighter or F-35.
Hagel also suggested that the Pentagon's five-year budget plan continues to plan for additional F-22 Raptor fighter jets and F-35 Joint Strike Fighters in the region, along with a fourth fast-attack submarine deployed to Guam.
Military analysts expect South Korea to spend more on conventional weapons designed to defend it against the North, including subs, destroyers, F-15 fighter jets and possibly F-35s.
The Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) F-35 fifth-generation aircraft could possibly provide such flexibility.
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For example, production has been halted on the world's best fighter aircraft, the F-22, well short of abiding Air Force requirements.
John Boyd, a great Air Force fighter strategist behind the F-16.
Although the Pentagon and the three services that will receive the new aircraft have stated repeatedly their full commitment to the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) F-35 program, its fate is by no means assured, particularly if defense budgets decline further than currently planned.
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Louis, since it had lost out on a big order for the F-15 fighter.
He also suggested postponing a planned sale of F-16 fighter jets to Indonesia until Congress holds hearings.
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These included F-16 fighter aircraft from Aviano, Italy, which could have been over the compound in about 90 minutes.
Last year at this time, we had proposed canceling the F-22 fighter jet.
Granted, the JSF F-35 fighter program has had its share of development problems.
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Consider leasing a squadron of F-16 fighter aircraft along with T-38 supersonic trainers.
The aircraft maintains the air-to-air combat ability of the main F-15 fighter as the pilot can detect and fire at other aircraft.
Critics say that the F-22 fighter has vastly exceeded its cost estimates.
Air Force F-15E fighter jets will launch the new weapon, which would find its target either by a laser or satellite guidance system.
For instance, production of the F-22 fighter was prematurely terminated in 2009 even though it meant losing 25, 000 jobs in an already weak economy.
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The U.S. Air Force is currently test-flying an optionally piloted supersonic drone over the Gulf of Mexico based on a modified F-16 fighter jet.
F-16 fighter aircraft that were ordered and part-paid for before 1990.
It also is the result of extensive experience with earlier generations of low observable technology (including the SR-71, the F-117 fighter, and the advanced cruise missile).
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Two F-15 fighter jets escorted the Boeing 777 to 19 Wing Comox on Vancouver Island because of a threat associated with the aircraft, a NORAD spokeswoman said.
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They requested a show of force by an F-15 fighter jet and AC-130 gunship, which launched warning flares toward the positions high above the commandos, the report concludes.
To cut spending on military hardware or increase it, to build more F-22 fighter planes and aircraft carriers, or spend more on unmanned drones and beefed-up ground forces.
In part, I found answers to the question while serving in the South Carolina Air National Guard and partnering with one of the greatest F-16 Fighter Pilots I know.
Japanese F-2 fighter jets were scrambled, as the Russian Su-27 planes flew south over the Sea of Japan before turning back to the north, Japan's Kyodo news agency said.
Japan's foreign ministry said two Russian Su-27s violated airspace for just over a minute Thursday near its northernmost main island of Hokkaido, and that Japan then scrambled four F-2 fighter jets.
When Mary Cummings, a former US Navy pilot, stopped flying F-18 fighter jets in 1997, there were no video links between cockpits and command centres, and even radio contact was patchy at times.
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