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In a written parliamentary reply to Lord West, the British government said it has no plans to buy the V-22 tiltrotor for its Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers.
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General Atomics has entered into a research partnership with a consortium of Japanese industry, government, and academia groups to study how to let the company’s Guardian unmanned aerial vehicle fly in non-segregated Japanese airspace.
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Poland has decided against acquiring second-hand F-16s as the move is deemed to be expensive. Instead, Warsaw is studying whether to get new F-16s or F-35s.
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Beijing has called upon Washington to respect its air defense identification zone (ADIZ), after a B-1B crew flying over the area on Mar. 21 was warned by Chinese air traffic controllers.
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A U.S. Air Force WC-135 has made an emergency landing in Banda Aceh, Indonesia on Mar. 24. The nuclear sniffer is reported to be on its way to Japan as North Korea is reported to be preparing for a fresh nuclear weapon test.
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