The Kazakhstan Air Force lost a MiG-31 on Apr. 23. The pilot was killed and the co-pilot survived.
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Eurocopter flies unmanned EC145
An unmanned EC145 has flown at the French Air Force base in Istres, France. Eurocopter is using the helicopter to validate its optionally piloted vehicle (OPV) demonstration program.
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Russian spy plane flew along Swedish coast
A Russian spy plane in the straits between Sweden’s Öland and Gotland on Apr. 20 while a multinational exercise was being carried out nearby.
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British A400M program over budget by 770 mil pounds
The British Parliament was told that the A400M program is now running over budget by 770 million pounds.
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Former Russian Air Force general who crashed Su-27 given four-year suspended sentence
A court martial has given former Russian Air Force Maj. Gen. Kanamat Botashev a four-year suspended sentence and fined 5 million rubles for crashing a Su-27 last year.
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