Aviation News
Six F-22s that are returning back to Holloman Air Force Base after a deployment in the Middle East landed at Pease Air National Guard Base on Sunday for a rest stop.
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A leaked draft of Australia’s 2013 defense white paper says the RAAF will only have two F-35As delivered by end of the decade.
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Japan has put two spy satellites into orbit on Jan. 27 using a H-IIA rocket. One of them is a SAR satellite while the other is an demonstration satellite testing a new high-resolution optical system.
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Japan has deployed its E-767 and E-2C to help monitor airspace around Senkaku Islands due to incursions by Chinese aircraft.
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The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) successfully completed a flight test of a three-stage Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI), launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on Jan. 26.
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