Aviation News
Turkey has refuted a report by The Sunday Times that Ankara is in discussions with Israel over the use of airspace by Israeli military aircraft and use the Akıncı airbase.
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A high-ranking Israeli officer told The Associated Press Sunday the Air Force will have drones to carry out nearly every battlefield operation executed today by piloted aircraft.
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The Pentagon has always maintained that the Taliban got lucky on their attack of Camp Bastion, but recent interviews of officials with direct knowledge suggests security cutbacks was the cause.
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The latest assessment of China’s nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile force by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) suggests the size has remained around 50-75 ICBMs for past three years.
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VR-64 was able to transported a MQ-8B Fire Scout to USS Robert G. Bradley in the Mediterranean Feb. 2013 in short notice.
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