Aviation News
The DoD’s chief weapons buyer Frank Kendall told U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah James in a memo on Aug. 23 that a new intercontinental ballistic missile to replace the Minuteman III will cost at least $85 billion to develop and field.
By A1C Yvonne Morales [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Russia’s Deputy Minister for Defense Yuri Borisov has said that the Sukhoi PAK-FA is ready for mass production and Moscow plans to buy at least a squadron of aircraft in 2017.
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Kazakhstan’s Deputy Defense Minister Okas Saparov told Sputnik that his country will take delivery of another two Su-30SM fighters from Russia.
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The Pentagon has confirmed that a Russian Su-27 came within 10 feet of a U.S. Navy P-8A while both were flying over the Black Sea on Sept. 6.
By TSgt Jason Robertson [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Head of the U.S. Air Force’s Air Education and Training Command (AETC) Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson is on an official visit to South Korea this week, during his stay there, he will tour the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) T-50 production line and fly the jet at the 16th tactical fighter wing in Yecheon, North Gyeongsang Province.
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By Korea Aerospace Industries (T-50 Golden Eagle Demo flight) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons