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China said it scrambled two J-11 fighters and a Y-8 airborne early warning aircraft from the People’s Liberation Army Naval Air Force (PLANAF) when USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110) conducted a “freedom-of-navigation” operation near Fiery Cross Reef on May 10.
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Investigators say the ground collision of two F-16Cs from 457th Fighter Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base on Aug. 15, 2015 was due to errors made by the pilots.
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The Indian Air Force will have enough money to buy just two Phalcon AEW&C aircraft plus a replacement C-130J for this budget year.
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The F-35 Joint Program Office on May 9 announced that development of the Block 3i software for the F-35A has been completed.
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Iran’s defense minister refuted an Iranian media report that a ballistic missile with a range of 2,000km was tested two weeks, hours after it was published.
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