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Reuters has been told by three Japanese government sources that Tokyo plans to expand its military base in Djibouti by leasing another parcel of land.
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Australia’s Senate committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade has recommended that the Defense Department implement a “hedging strategy” against any delay with the F-35 program by 2019.
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The Philippine Air Force is on the search for a OV-10 replacement and Basler has step forward to offer a gunship-variant of its BT-67 taildragger.
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The U.S. Air Force has quietly deployed a number of KC-135s and F-16s to Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, this was at the request of Africa Command.
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On the eve of the first public outing of the Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter, Chinese internet forums disclosed that the aircraft’s chief designer Yang Wei has been dismissed from his post.
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