The Iskandar-M road-mobile tactical ballistic missile was spotted in Yerevan on Sept. 16 during a rehearsal for Armenia’s upcoming independence day parade. Armenia is the first export customer of the weapon.
Day: September 17, 2016
13 USAF and 2 Norwegian F-35As are grounded
Fifteen F-35As belonging to Norway and United States have been grounded due to “peeling and crumbling” insulation on cooling lines inside their fuel tanks.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Timothy Boyer [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Russia to deliver two Mi-35s to Nigeria this year
A official with Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation told RIA Novosti at the sidelines of Africa Aerospace and Defense 2016 that two Mi-35 helicopters will be delivered to Nigeria by end of this year.
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B-21’s name to be announced on Sept. 19
U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James will officially announce the name of the B-21 stealth bomber during her State of the Force address on Sept. 19 at the Air Force Association’s Annual Air, Space and Cyber conference.
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