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DoD spokesman Bill Urban told Reuters that the Chinese J-11 intercept of a U.S. Navy EP-3 spy plane over South China Sea on May 17 had violated an agreement on rules and behaviors during such encounters by both sides.
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Boeing and the U.S. Air Force have concluded that the former will not be able to deliver the KC-46A to units in the spring of 2017 and will now schedule it for late summer or early fall of next year.
Photo credit: John Parker, Boeing
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Apparently, the Indian Air Force Su-30MKIs returning home from Ex. Red Flag Alaska are now in the UAE for Exercise Desert Eagle. The war game commenced on May 24 and will end on Jun. 3.
Photo: Indian Ministry of Defense
When the Pentagon announced that the Truman Carrier Strike Group (CSG) will extend its cruise by another month to support Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), the U.S. Navy was also scrambling to find spare parts to keep the strike fighters in Carrier Air Wing 7 flying.
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Torrey W. Lee [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Belgium Air Force’s 1st Squadron has released a set of photos showing the Russian military aircraft they intercepted during their NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission which ended recently.
Photos: Belgium Air Force
