Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association (KnAAPO) is said to have produce its last two Su-30s, the final two are Su-30MK2 destined for Vietnam.
Day: October 11, 2016
Lion Air hands over 737-400 to Indonesian Air Force
Lion Air officially handed over a Boeing 737-400 airliner to the Indonesian Air Force on Oct. 8. The aircraft is assigned serial number A-7308.
Photo: Lion Air Group
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Six Swedish Gripens in Finland for air exercise
Six Swedish Air Force Gripens are in Finland to participate in the five-day exercise Ruska 2016. The Swedish personnel will play the role of the enemy to test participating Finnish units.
Johannes Jansson/norden.org [CC BY 2.5 dk], via Wikimedia Commons
Boeing not USAF will decide what IRST to adopt for F-15C/D
The U.S. Air Force has decided to let Boeing decide which infrared search and track (IRST) senor will be installed as part of the upgrade program for the F-15C/D air superiority fighter.
Photo: Lockheed Martin
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Chinese Su-35s’ avionics will display in Cyrillic script
An official from Radio-Electronic Technology Concern (KRET) disclosed that the Su-35 fighters bought by China will not have their display readout translated into Mandarin and will stick to the original Cyrillic script.
By Dmitry Terekhov from Odintsovo, Russian Federation (Sukhoi Su-35S) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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