The DEW Line reported that the US Air Force in Afghanistan had given itself an early Christmas present: a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Predator C Avenger.
Crucially, the jet-powered, stealthy unmanned air system has an internal weapons bay.
"With the Avenger, the USAF's 'classified customer' will have an aircraft that can drop 900kg (2,000lb) bombs," wrote Stephen Trimble.
"Note to the underground residents of Natanz and Qom: GBU-24 penetrator bombs weigh about 900kg."
FlightBlogger noted the rollout of the first Boeing 787 to be delivered to JAL.
On Asian Skies, Greg Waldron recalled his tour of a RAAF Airbus KC-30A: "The remarkable thing was not how much has been changed to convert the aircraft to a tanker, but how little."
As the Cro(ft) Flies recalled how a Canadian squadron used an AgustaWestland AW101 "Cormorant" to rescue a hiker.
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