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Thailand might consider Shaanxi Y-9 as replacement for C-130

Posted on September 18, 2016September 18, 2016 by alert5

China’s Xinhua news agency reported that Thailand might consider the Shaanxi Y-9 transport aircraft as a candidate to replace the Royal Thai Air Force’s C-130.

Photo: Royal Thai Air Force
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Su-30SM in Russian Knights colors

Posted on September 18, 2016September 18, 2016 by alert5

Irkut has rolled out the first Su-30SM for the Russian Knights aerobatics team.

Photo: Vyacheslav Pelymsky

Armenia is export customer for Iskandar-M TBM

Posted on September 17, 2016September 17, 2016 by alert5

The Iskandar-M road-mobile tactical ballistic missile was spotted in Yerevan on Sept. 16 during a rehearsal for Armenia’s upcoming independence day parade. Armenia is the first export customer of the weapon.

Photo: VKontakte

13 USAF and 2 Norwegian F-35As are grounded

Posted on September 17, 2016September 17, 2016 by alert5

Fifteen F-35As belonging to Norway and United States have been grounded due to “peeling and crumbling” insulation on cooling lines inside their fuel tanks.

By U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Timothy Boyer [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Russia to deliver two Mi-35s to Nigeria this year

Posted on September 17, 2016September 17, 2016 by alert5

A official with Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation told RIA Novosti at the sidelines of Africa Aerospace and Defense 2016 that two Mi-35 helicopters will be delivered to Nigeria by end of this year.

By Ministério da Defesa [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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