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A P-8A from VP-16 was in Singapore recently to fly demonstration flights to local military and government officials.
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kegan E. Kay [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Turkey became one of the few countries in the world to come up with an armed indigenous UAV when a Bayraktar TB2 successfully fired a UMTAS missile on Dec. 17.
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Former U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told Foreign Policy that on Aug. 30, 2013, he was close to authorizing a strike against Syria using Tomahawk cruise missiles when President Obama phoned him during dinner time and told him to stand down.
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By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Carmichael Yepez [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Air Force’s 81st Fighter Squadron graduated the first class of eight Afghan A-29 Super Tucano pilots on Dec. 17.
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U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ceaira Tinsley
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Antonov Aviation and Тaqnia Aeronautics from Saudi Arabia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Dec. 17 for the supply of 30 An-178s to the Royal Saudi Air Force.
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Photo: Antonov
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