VL.ru correspondents traveled to Russia’s Far East Eastern Military District on Apr. 23 and watch pilots from the Eastern Military District compete to qualify for Aviadarts 2015.
Month: May 2015
First Yak-130 for Bangladesh makes maiden flight
U.S. to launch next-generation optical spy satellite in 2018
The National Reconnaissance Office will launch a new type of optical spy satellite into space in 2018.
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Mabus standing by his comment that the F-35 is Navy’s last manned strike fighter
U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has defended his previous comment that the F-35C will be the last manned strike fighter his service will buy or fly.
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Supreme Allied Commander Europe: Russia has scaled back long-range bomber patrols
At a news briefing at the Pentagon, Gen. Philip Breedlove, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander, told reporters that Russia has scaled back its long-range bomber patrols.
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