Aviation News
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said he will spend $768 billion to upgrade Russia’s military during a visit to the Komsomolsk-on-Amur plant to inspect the T-50.
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The Royal Australian Air Force will dispatch a Boeing 737 AEW&C Royal Air Force Waddington International Airshow in June. The aircraft will fly from Alaska after participating in an exercise there.
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Four Florida-based U.S. airmen were killed when their U-28A went down six miles from Djibouti International Airport on Saturday.
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Singapore has issued a request for information (RFI) for six aerial refueling tankers, Aviation Week reports.
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A close support aircraft with stealthy features will replace Russia’s Su-25SM attack jets by 2020.
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