South Korea intends to have a pilot training center in Portugal that will fly the KAI T-50.
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Day: February 11, 2012
First USAF woman fighter pilot in combat to run for Congress
Retired Colonel Martha McSally, the first American woman to fly in combat, has announced her decision to run for the congressional seat vacated by Gabrielle Giffords.
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Russian gets jail term for giving missile data to CIA
A Russian engineer from the northern Plesetsk cosmodrome has been given a 13-year jail sentence for passing secret strategic missile data to the CIA.
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Fate of Boeing’s C-17 plant to be decided later this year
A Boeing spokeswoman said the fate of the C-17 plant in California will most likely be known later this year due to declining orders.
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India tests missile defense interceptor
India successfully launched an interceptor missile from Wheeler’s Island off the Odisha coast on Friday.
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