Aviation News
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is celebrating the 60th anniversary of tracking Santa’s yuletide journey. The website for this year will go online today and will be available in eight languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Chinese.
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Image: RCAF
Swedish authorities have decided to stop all flights from flying over Iraqi Kurdistan region starting from Nov. 27. Germania, Air Zagros and Iraqi Airways are affected by the ban.
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A spokesman from Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) says allied air strikes in Syria continued despite the deployment of the S-400 air defense system in Syria.
Photo: Russian Defense Ministry
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Polish daily Rzeczpospolita says Warsaw will launch a tender in 2016 for nine batteries of short-range air defense systems.
By Outisnn (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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China sent 8 H-6K bombers out to the Pacific Ocean today. Four of those bombers went through Miyako Strait and back while another four turn left and flew parallel to the Japanese islands before returning to base.
Photo: JSDF