Day: January 8, 2016

During his visit to Japan, British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon announced the possibility of RAF Eurofighters deploying to Japan after they are done with another exercise in South East Asia.

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The Australian government confirmed that the recent announcement of a contract to L-3 was to modify two G550 business jets into “an airborne intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and electronic warfare” platform for the Royal Australian Air Force.

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The tail cone of a C-17 assigned to 172nd Airlift Wing came apart in flight and landed in a residential yard in Pearl, Mississippi on Jan. 7.

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One day after North Korea reported that it detonated a nuclear weapon, Japan deployed a C-130 and four T-4s to gather air samples and analyze them to see whether radioactive particles are present.

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