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An FAA update of minimum training required for pilots to fly the Boeing 737 MAX will cover the aircraft’s maneuvering characteristics augmentation system (MCAS), but simulator sessions will not be needed, a draft of a new report reveals.

 The U.S. Army will make a decision on CH-47F Block II Chinooks and whether the aircraft fits into its Future Vertical Lift strategy.

Fifty-one people on board a US-Bangla Airlines Bombardier Q400 died on March 12, 2018, when their scheduled flight crashed and burned at Tribhuvan International Airport (VNKT), Kathmandu, Nepal, while maneuvering for a VFR landing.

The Air Force acquisition chief seeks more flexibility and speed from the bureaucracy and industry that must invent the next generation of military weapons.