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A Spanish Army Chinook, a Cougar and a Tiger flew aboard French Navy amphibious assault ship BPC Dixmude off the Spanish coast on Dec. 4 for flight deck qualifications.
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Photos: FAMET
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The Israeli Air Force retired its A-4 Skyhawk after 48-years of service on Dec. 13 at Hatzerim airbase.
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Photos: Israeli Air Force
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The third Airbus A400M for the Turkish Air Force has just been delivered. In the meantime, two that were delivered earlier were sent to Airbus for retrofit work and reinforced software work.
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By Laurent ERRERA from L’Union, France (DSC_8340-EC-402Uploaded by russavia) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Embraer officials told Defense News the company will submit a bid to provide Canada with search-and-rescue aircraft by offering the KC-390.
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The military of Yemen that is fighting the Saudi Arabian-led coalition has modified the S 75’s surface-to-air missiles into unguided rockets. The new Qahir 1 rocket was launched at King Khalid Air Base in Saudi Arabia during one attack on Dec. 13.
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