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Month: September 2017

Pentagon blocks Turkish request to hire F-16 instructors from Pakistan

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The coup in Turkey last year has thinned the ranks of its F-16 pilots and Turkey had wanted to recruit instructors from Pakistan to train more pilots. However, the move has been blocked by the Pentagon.

Turkish Air Force F-16C Block 50 MOD 45157793
Photo: SAC Helen Farrer RAF Mobile News Team/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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RCAF CF-18s have taken over NATO Air Policing mission in Romania

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The Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 detachment at Mihail Kogalniceau Airbase, Romania for NATO’s enhanced Air Policing mission has been declared fully operational.

31 August 2017, Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romaina - The Royal Canadian Air Force commences their enhanced Air Policing Mission as part of NATO's Assurance Measures to Romania. A Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18. Photo: Christian Timmig, HQ AIRCOM PA
31 August 2017, Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romaina – The Royal Canadian Air Force commences their enhanced Air Policing Mission as part of NATO’s Assurance Measures to Romania. A Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18. Photo: Christian Timmig, HQ AIRCOM PA

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Japan wants AN/SPY-6 for its Aegis Ashore installations

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Reuters reported that Japan has requested to buy the Raytheon AN/SPY-6 active electronically scanned array air and missile defense 3D radar for its proposed Aegis Ashore installations.

Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Complex Romania
By Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet (Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Complex Romania) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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