Aviation News
It was a UAE Air Force Mirage 2000-9D that crashed in Yemen today and Black Hawk helicopters were dispatched to the scene for combat search-and-rescue. The crew however did not survive the crash.
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A NATO E-3 AEW&C aircraft has begun surveillance in Turkish airspace, the Turkish General Staff has announced.
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By Airwolfhound from Hertfordshire, UK (E-3 AWACS – RIAT 2012) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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A fighter aircraft from United Arab Emirates has gone missing while on a mission over Yemen. The information was announced by the state’s official news agency, WAM.
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Two U.S. Senators have turned down the Pentagon’s request for $27.2 million to keep the JLENS program alive.
By John Hamilton (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/568995) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Thad Cochran, and Sen. Richard Durbin, who is the number two in the Democrat leadership in the Senate, have both said they prefer to have the program canceled.