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UAE Air Force’s Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft will soon be fitted with Direct Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) and airborne Electronic Warfare systems supplied by Elbit Systems Emirates Limited in a $53 million contract.
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Norwegian F-16s will fly their last mission out of Bodø Air Base on Jan. 6 and the base will end all fighter operations after that.
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Hindustan Times says French Navy Rafale M fighter will be at INS Hansa to carry out suitability trials with the ski jump there.
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Spanish news Larazon reports that Morocco will soon be taking delivery of the MBDA VL MICA ground based air defense missile system.
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Good news arrived at Boeing and Sikorsky on the second last day of 2021 as Israel signs contracts for the purchase of 12 CH-53K helicopters and two more KC-46A aerial tankers.
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