Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning will set aside one corner of the ship and convert it into a casino in order to fulfill the conditions set by Ukraine during the sale of the ship in the 1990s.
Day: April 1, 2015
Raytheon awarded Stinger contract for South Korea Apaches
Raytheon has been awarded a $35 million contract to supply Stinger missiles and air-to-air launchers to the Republic of Korea Army in support of their recent procurement of AH-64 Apache helicopters.
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Obama agrees to send F-16s to Egypt
U.S. President Barack Obama has agreed to lift the ban for delivering 12 F-16s to Egypt.
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RoKAF to reorganize command structure
The Republic of Korea Air Force will abandon its current geographically arranged command structure and shift to a new one.
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By 대한민국 국군 Republic of Korea Armed Forces (2015.2 공군 소링 이글 훈련 Soaring Eagle of ROK AirForce) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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67th Fighter Squadron breaks Kadena AFB record with 278 sorties in 4 days
A record that was once held by the 44th Fighter Squadron for most number of sorties flown over four days at Kadena Air Force Base, Japan has been broken by the 67th Fighter Squadron.
By U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kenya Shiloh (U.S. Air Force [1]) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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