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Encourage by its recent success in landing its Mirage 2000 fighters on a highway this May, the Indian Air Force wants to repeat the feat using large transport aircraft and aerial refueling planes.
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Russia is embarking on a program to revive its railway-car–based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) concept with a new program dubbed Barguzin.
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The British government will extend the mission of the RAF Sentinel surveillance aircraft in Middle East for another year.
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Capt. Timothy K. Killham, who was at the controls of the F-35A that caught fire on Jun. 23, 2014, has been awarded the Koren Kolligian Jr. trophy for flight safety.
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Russian Air Force chief Col. Gen. Viktor Bondarev said the Sukhoi PAK-FA will enter into service in 2017. Earlier news reports had stated 2016.
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