Aviation News
CBC News has learned that the Canadian government has started talks with Washington to buy 18 Super Hornets and the Liberal government wants the first aircraft to arrive in 2019.
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Two F-16s from Hollomand Air Force Base was training with a ground-control party on Jan. 31 when the ground party was struck by an air-to-ground munition.
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Berlin has turned down a request from Ankara to have access to unfiltered aerial images collected by Luftwaffe Tornado ECR fighters operating out of Turkey.
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Photo: Bundeswehr/Bienert
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The first Su-30K that is being overhauled by Belarus’ 558th Aircraft Repair Plant has flown recently. A total of 12 aircraft are to be delivered to Angola.
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The sale of F-16V fighters to Bahrain is likely to be approve by the new Trump administration, Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Bob Corker said.
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Photo: RBAF
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