The Royal Thai Air Force has announced the dates for the first joint exercise with the PLAAF. The exercise will take place at Wing 1, Korat from Nov. 16-27.
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Day: November 9, 2015
Lebanese Air Force getting six A-29s
Embraer announced at the Dubai airshow that the Lebanese Air Force has placed an order for six A-29 Super tucanon turboprops.
By Titolivio de Oliveira (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
J-10B with PL-10 air-to-air missile
A J-10B is seen with two PL-10 and two PL-8 dogfight missiles. The white missiles on the port side of the aircraft are dumb counterweights. The blue ones on the starboard side are training rounds. The PL-8 on the outermost wing station is lacking its fins.
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Brazil might end up buying just 40 Gripen E/Fs
At the Dubai airshow, Brazilian Air Force’s vice-director of air education and training command told Flight Global that the weakening currency and poor economic environment might force his service to buy around 40 Gripen E/F fighters.
By Mike Freer – Touchdown-aviation [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Work: F-35 is a flying sensor computer
U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work talked about the Pentagon’s new “third offset strategy” to defeat future adversaries at the annual Reagan National Defense Forum in California on Nov. 8.
By U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Staci Miller [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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