Besides buying 84 F-15 fighters, the Saudi government is expected to purchase 70 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and up to 60 Longbow Apache attack helicopters as well.
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U.S. magazine says Israelis will bomb Iran within one year
Jeffrey Goldberg from The Atlantic magazine predicts that there is a greater than 50 percent chance Israel will launch an air strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities by next July.
UH-72A makes first flight with U.S. Army Mission Equipment Package
The maiden flight of the UH-72A Lakota equipped with the Security and Support Battalion (S&S Battalion) Mission Equipment Package (MEP) occurred in June.
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Undercarriage failure lead to F-16 crash
The crash of a USAF F-16 fighter during landing at Osan Air Base, South Korea in February has been attributed to a failure in the right main landing gear.
What radar for Saudi’s new F-15s?
David Fulghum examines the possible radar candidates for Saudi Arabia’s new F-15s.