The Philippine Defense Ministry will launch a tender this week for the supply of 93,600 20 mm rounds to arm its FA-50PH fighters.
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Day: January 4, 2016
MQ-9 flights from Ethiopia have ceased
Since 2011, U.S. MQ-9s have been operating out of an airport in Arba Minch, Ethiopia. A U.S. Embassy spokesman told The Associated Press by email that Washington has shut down the drone operations in the country.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Ridgeway [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Watch the launching of Rafales with SCALP EG cruise missiles on a strike mission against ISIL
France launched an air strike to take out a ISIL missile factory east of Aleppo on Dec. 3. Rafales armed with SCALP EG cruise missiles were used for the mission.
U.S. Navy to inactivate squadron dedicated to Special Operations support
HSC-84, based in Norfolk, will be inactivated in March, the U.S. Navy has decided. The unit is one of two helicopter squadrons in the sailing branch that are dedicated to Special Operations support as a primary role.
By Official Navy Page from United States of America MC3(SW/AW) Adam Henderson/U.S. Navy [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Afghan Mi-17 crash kills 3, 1 hurt
An Afghan Mi-17 crashed during a training flight in Logar province, south of the capital Kabul, on Jan. 3.
By U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Keith Brown [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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