The Indian Air Force is still unsure why the engines of two Mirage 2000 failed in-flight consecutively.
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Month: March 2012
Norwegian C-130J goes missing
Search is underway for a Norwegian Air Force C-130J that went missing while en route to Kiruna, Sweden from Evenes, Norway.
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UAE’s Mirage 2000s could go to Libya
A Libyan official was quoted by the Middle East News Agency (MENA) as saying that the UAE’s Mirage 2000 fleet could
be sold to his country once the UAE finalized a deal for Rafales.
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USMC completes IOT&E of APKWS
The U.S. Marine Corps completed the Initial Operational Test and Evaluation phase of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) program and the weapon is expected to be operational in Afghanistan this month.
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First test firing of new Chinese SAM
It seems China has allowed news of a new surface-to-air missile to filter out. Designed by Lee Yun from 2nd Aerospace Academy over a period of five years.
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