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Russia journalists aboard a chartered Il-96 ferrying them to the APEC summit in Peru witnessed a Swiss Air Force F/A-18 escorting their aircraft when they were flying over Switzerland.
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The 57th Weapons Squadron and the C-17 Weapons Instructor Course will be relocated from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington next year, Air Mobility Command announced on Nov. 18.
By United States Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Turkey’s Defense Minister Fikri Isik said his country will take delivery of the first two of 24 F-35As in 2018.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Jim Haseltine [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The plan by Canada’s Liberal government to buy Super Hornets from Boeing as an interim solution is not dead, sources say.
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The Spanish Air Force has taken delivery of its first Airbus A400M, MSN44, at the A400M final assembly line (FAL) in Seville on Nov. 17.
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