Aviation News
U.S. officials are negotiating with Romania for the use of Mihail Kogalniceanu air base in eastern Romania as a logistics hub during the pullout of troops from Afghanistan.
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The Pentagon’s inspector general has started an audit into the quality standards employed by Raytheon in manufacturing the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle.
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Air Marshal S. Sukumar, deputy chief of air staff for the Indian Air Force, said the deal to buy 126 Rafales will be finalized by March 2014.
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The U.S. Air Force has been training its fighter and bomber crews to fight in contested airspace whereby GPS, data links and communications won’t work.
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The South Korean Navy has requested three more Aegis destroyers and the Joint Chiefs of Staff will study the proposal next month.
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