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Thai Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) to help the Immigration Bureau in opening up more immigration counters at international airports.
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The Russian Air Force will recruit female pilots to join its ranks for the first time since the World War Two, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.
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Airbus Helicopters has issued a safety bulletin on Aug. 11 declaring all variants of the Tiger attack helicopter as unsafe. The bulletin came after a German Tiger crashed in Mali.
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Thai Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha says the country has yet to decide whether to buy the five RGM-84L Harpoon Block II missiles from the United States.
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A F-35B loaded with Paveway IV laser-guided bombs and ASRAAM air-to-air missiles has taken off from a ski-jump for the first time. Peter “Wizzer” Wilson was at the controls during this test at NAS Patuxent River.
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