Japan is said to be formulating a policy to force foreign aircraft that intrudes into airspace around Senkaku Islands to land.
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Day: January 30, 2014
Italian Eurofighters, KC-767 visit Lithuania
Italian Air Force flew two Eurofighters along with a lone KC-767 to Šiauliai Ari Base, Lithuania to familiarize themselves with the environment ahead of Italy’s air policing mission there in 2015.
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Saab to install Wide Area Multilateration System at Joint Base Lewis – McChord
Joint Base Lewis-McChord is enhancing the surveillance of low flying aircraft in its training area by having Saab installed its Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) system.
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Saudi Arabia’s DF-21 missile force
Newsweek is running a story on how Saudi Arabia acquired DF-21 ballistic missiles from China with help from the CIA.
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Norwegian F-16s deployed to Iceland
Six Norwegian F-16s arrived in Iceland on Jan. 27 to take on NATO’s air policing mission there.
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