Defense News
New RAF C-17 aircraft touches down in the UK
A new C-17 transport aircraft has been unveiled today by the Defence Secretary at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.
Philip Hammond welcomed the £200m aircraft which arrived in the UK this week from Boeing's production plant in California, USA.
This aircraft is the eighth C-17 in the RAF's fleet. Known as 'the workhorse of the RAF', they play...
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Army refining long-term MRAP plan
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, May 24, 2012) -- The U.S. Army is in the process of refining a long-term plan for its fleet of 20,000 blast-deflecting, mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles, known as MRAPs, service officials explained.
Some of the MRAPS will be placed in brigade combat team configurations for as-needed troop transport and route clearance missions...
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