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The Royal Thai Navy has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Transport Ministry to upgrade the commercial airport at U-Tapao naval air base.
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Bruce Willis is currently in Shanghai for the shooting of a Chinese-language World War 2 movie, The Bombing. Willis plays the role of a American Volunteer Group pilot teaching South Korean star Song Seung-heon how to fly a fighter plane.
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Officials from the Italian Defense Ministry, the Italian Air Force and Alenia Aermacchi are in Kuwait to discuss the sale of up to 28 Eurofighters.
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Pilots flying a Louisiana Army National Guard UH-60 became disoriented in fog and crashed the helicopter into waters off the Florida Panhandle on Mar. 10, investigations have shown.
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Reuters says Vietnam is in talks with Eurofighter Consortium, Saab and Airbus for fighter aircraft and maritime patrol planes.
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