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Indonesia’s President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has overturned a decision by the Air Force to purchase three AW101 VVIP helicopters, citing high costs.
Photo: Sgt Ray Cooper RAF/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Pentagon’s chief arms buyer said he is “very worried” Raytheon’s development of the Global Positioning System Next Generation Operational Control System (GPS OCX) and he wants to take another “deep dive” review of the program.
The U.S. Department of Defense could reduce the number of F-35 stealth fighters is plans to buy in the fiscal 2017 budget plan due to spending caps imposed by Congress.
By DoD photo by Lawrence Crespo, U.S. Air Force. (Released) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Russia’s Southern Military District has taken delivery of all its Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bombers. It now has three full squadrons of the fighter.
Photo: Sukhoi
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Col. Giorgio Seravalle, chief of air operations for the Italian air force, says three attempts have been made previously to try and certify the KC-767 aerial tanker to refuel the F-16.
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