Aviation News
The U.S. Navy has lifted an operational pause imposed on its Super Hornet and Growler fleet following an accident in Whidbey Island on Dec. 16.
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Torrey W. Lee [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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A Russian Air Force Il-18 has crash landed in Siberia’s Yakutia today. All 39 people – 32 passengers and 7 crew members – survived the crash.
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Three more F-16s are expected to arrive in Romania on Dec. 22. This brings the number of aircraft in the country to nine.
By VictorCozmei (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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South Korea says North Korea is flight testing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with long endurance. North’s Chosun Central TV first disclose the existence of this new UAV last week.
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Concern with the large cache of weapons seized by ISIL forces after the fall of Palmyra in Syria. Coalition aircraft bombed those equipment with air strikes on Dec. 15.
