Aviation News
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has unveiled the Point Blank electro-optically guided missile, a precision missile that it is rapidly developing for the Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate (IWTSD) of the US Department of Defense (DoD).
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Jordan has signed a contract to buy 12 new F-16 fighters from the United States. The agreement was signed by the commander of the Royal Jordanian Air Force, Brigadier Gen. Pilot Mohamed Fathi Hyasat, and representatives from the U.S. Embassy in Jordan.
Photo: Jordanian Armed Forces
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Negotiations between Serbia and Cyprus for the sale of Mi-35 attack helicopters are in the final stages. The Serbian Armed Forces are set to purchase a total of five aircraft from the Cypriot National Guard. Serbia will have a total of nine Mi-35 helicopters after the delivery.
Savvas Petoussis, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons
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Imagine seeing an F-15E Strike Eagle with no souls onboard take off with a large missile mounted on top of the fueslage, it’s a pretty cool sight to behold. In 2006, Boeing proposed an unmanned variant of the F-15E Strike Eagle, called the F-15 Global Strike Eagle (GSE), for air-launching missiles with the launch vehicle mounted dorsally.
Image: USAF
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A and T Recovery, a U.S. company that specializes in recovering WW II aircraft, has proposed to recover four warbirds that were lost when aircraft carrier USS Lexington was sunk.
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By Photographer Second Class H.S. Fawcett, U.S. Navy – U.S. Navy photo <a rel=”nofollow” class=”external text” href=”https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nara-series/80-g/80-G-10000/80-G-10613.html”>80-G-10613</a>, Public Domain, Link
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