Marines Welcome Interest From USAF In STOVL JSFThe Marine Corps welcomes the U.S. Air Force's interest in buying the Marines' short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) version of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
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Boeing Conducts First SLAM-ER Flight on F-15An F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft successfully conducted the first flight of the Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) missile recently.
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IAF celebrates arrival of first two F-16I jetsFlown by American pilots and guided by Israeli navigators, the first 2 F-16I arrives at RAMON air force base in southern Israel.
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U.S. 7th Fleet Welcomes VFA-102Vice Adm. Robert Willard, U.S. 7th Fleet commander, visited the “Diamondbacks” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 102 Jan. 28, to welcome the squadron to the pacific fleet.
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ITALIAN AIR FORCE, FIRST EUROFIGHTER IN SERVICEThe first Italian-produced "Typhoon" Eurofighter entered service yesterday with the Italian air force at Cameri (Novara) base.
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Britain, Germany could reduce order for Eurofighter: reportBritain and Germany could reduce the number of Eurofighter combat aircraft they have ordered, according to a report in an influential German weekly due to be published on Saturday.
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Another MiG, similar storyIndian Air Force on Friday lost its second fighter aircraft this month — a MiG-21 which claimed the lives of four persons, injuring another two dozen on the ground near Jamnagar in Gujarat.
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Lift, click, fuse; bombs drop down underROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE TOWNSVILLE, Australia, the warriors of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 332 prepare to send another F/A-18 Hornet out with a full load of 500-pound bombs during Operation Southern Frontier 2004.
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IAF recovering affected Sukhoi engines on fast-track basisThe nicks in the engines of the just acquired country's frontline fighters SU-30 were not affecting operational preparadness, India Defence Minister George Fernandes on Friday said.
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Patriot missile glitch may have downed Brit fighterThe U.S. Army deployed the Patriot missile system in Iraq before fixing problems that may have caused it to mistakenly shoot down friendly aircraft, weapons experts have told CBS news programme "60 Minutes" in a segment to be broadcast on Sunday.
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Price Tag Jumps for AircraftThe cost of developing the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft will reach about $40 billion, $7 billion more than estimated, because the Pentagon wants a one-year delay and to refine the design, a senior Navy official said yesterday.
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Boeing Capabilities on Display at Asian Aerospace 2004Boeing will field a broad and significant presence with people and products and services at the Asian Aerospace 2004 show in Singapore between Feb. 24 -29, 2004.
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US plane makes emergency landingA KC-10, mid-air refuelling aircraft, which had accompanied the F-15 fighter aircraft participating in the Indo-US ‘Cope-India-04’ joint exercises at Gwalior reported fire in an engine few minutes after taking off and had to make an emergency landing.
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Raptor options placed on tableAir Force officials have begun drawing up plans to reconstitute its aircraft fleet if the Marietta-based fighter is cut or canceled.
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