Iraq's Air Force Launches First Flights
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Iraq's new air force took to the skies this week for the first time since the U.S. invaded last year and disbanded the country's armed forces, the U.S. military said.
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In Friday&#39;s national and international briefs, the first direct flight from the United States to Vietnam since 1975 is underway, Cpl.
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The world's largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, lands in Sydney on its first commercial flight.
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NON-STOP flights between Britain and Australia were made possible yesterday with the launch of the world - s newest passenger aircraft.
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Hizbollah yesterday announced that a &quot;Mirsad 1&quot; unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) carried out its maiden mission over Israel.
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The Air Force launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile early Wednesday, officials said, in a test flight that blasted open a 105-ton silo door for the first time in years.
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The Air Force is making more cargo flights over Iraq to keep Army transport trucks off the country's dangerous roads, accepting the increased risk to planes and added cost to reduce the threat on the ground, officials said Tuesday.
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The Airbus A380 took off on its first passenger flight Monday, just months before the world's largest airliner is set to begin carrying paying customers with Singapore Airlines.
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Travel: In pictures: The world's biggest passenger plane makes its first commercial voyage.
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Iraq's prime minister and two top American officials flew to the blistering western desert Saturday in a rare joint outing to highlight gains there in the fight against insurgents, hours before the military reported the deaths of eight U.S. troops.
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US and Iraqi forces begin a major operation against rebels in Iraq's northern city of Samarra, reports say.
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The multi-billion dollar Anglo-American Joint Strike Fighter successfully completes its maiden test flight.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld swept into an airbase in Iraq's western desert Sunday to make a first-hand evaluation of operations to quell a raging Iraqi insurgency in his first such visit in five months.
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Lebanon&#39;s guerrilla organization Hezbollah announced Sunday it hd flown an unmanned reconnaissance plane over northern Israel for the first time.
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RAMADI, Iraq  - Iraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki flew to the western city of Ramadi on Tuesday on his first visit to the heartland of the Sunni Arab insurgency fighting his U.S.-backed government.
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The aim is to accelerate deployment of Iraqi forces against the insurgents.
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Away from the headlines and debate over the "surge" in U.S. ground troops, the Air Force has quietly built up its hardware inside Iraq, sharply stepped up bombing and laid a foundation for a sustained air campaign in support of American and Iraqi forces.