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The Royal Thai Air Force intends to replace its F-16A/B fleet at Wing 1 and a committee will soon be formed to draft the Concept of Project Requirements (COPR).
Capt Joshua Gunderson [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Elbit Systems announced on Oct. 6 that it was awarded a contract valued at approximately $153 million to supply an Army of a country in Southeast Asia with a comprehensive, multi-layered array of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The contract will be performed over a 22-month period.
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The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group and the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group joined forces to conduct security and stability operations in the South China Sea, a press release from the U.S. 7th fleet says.
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Airmen from the Lithuanian Air Force have started testing the NASAMS medium-range air defence system at the Kongsberg factory in Norway.
Photo: Lithuanian armed forces
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On this day 60 years ago, a S-75 surface-to-air missile was fired by China’s 2nd surface-to-air missile battalion in Beijing and it shot down a Martin RB-57D Canberra high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, #5643, over Tong County Zhangjiawan. It was the first time that a surface-to-air missile had brought down an aircraft.
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