Aviation News
Boeing has delivered the fourth and final Peace Eagle Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft to the Turkish Air Force at Konya Air Base on Dec. 9.
By Aldo Bidini [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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For the first time since 1952, airmen from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force and Royal Australian Air Force are joining the U.S. Air Force for Operation Christmas Drop.
U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel
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VFA-106, the East Coast Fleet Replacement Squadron, brought its Hornets and Super Hornets to Mountain Home Air Force Base qualify 14 students on air-to-ground tactics and currency training for others.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jeremy L. Mosier
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An investigation by The Independent revealed that Uganda’s military might have secretly bypassed lawmakers and bought four Mi-24 gunships. These rotor-craft were then transferred to South Sudan.
By Melting Tarmac Images [GFDL or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
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India’s largest aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya, is sailing towards the coast off Gujarat and the ship’s air wing will have to defend the task force from mock attacks carried out by Indian Air Force Jaguars and possibly Su-30MKIs.
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