Aviation News
The Italian Air Force has deployed four AMX fighters to Trapani airport, Sicily over concerns with the situation in Libya. The fighters are backup by a Predator drone.
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By Carlos Menendez San Juan (AMX) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz seems to have backtrack from canceling an order for the Patriot air defense system.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Paige Behringer
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Royal Thai Air Force Wing 2 has shared some fabulous air-to-air photos of their rotor-craft and we picked out some of the outstanding ones.
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The Sunday Leader found out that the JF-17 is still under consideration by the Sri Lankan Air Force and that no agreement on the fighter was signed when Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was visiting the country.
By Shimin Gu [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Researchers from Energetic Materials Research and Engineering have successfully demonstrated how to make use of residual fuel inside a missile during impact and turn it into a fuel-air explosive that can contribute to the blast created by the missile’s warhead.
Photo: Raytheon
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