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French Air Force Chief of Staff Andre Lanata told AFP that his men had dropped 1,800 bombs on ISIL since the start of Opération Chammal in 2014.
Photo: French Ministry of Defense
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Boeing has been awarded a $2.1 billion Low Rate Initial Production contract for 15 KC-46As. This is the third lot ordered.
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By US Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Air Force Times heard from the Pentagon that the DoD is working with Iraqi diplomats so that Iraqi airmen can travel to Arizona for their F-16 conversion training.
Photo: Lockheed Martin
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At least 60 commercial flights scheduled for Naha airport in Okinawa, Japan had to be canceled or diverted after a two-seat F-15 belonging to the JASDF lost its nose wheel while preparing to take off on Jan. 30.
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Photo: JASDF
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Dutch Defense Minister, Jeannie Hennis-Plasschaert, has indicated that the country’s F-16s cannot be deployed to Jordan this July to take over the role of bombing ISIL from the Belgian Air Force contingent there.
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By RAF-YYC from Calgary, Canada (RNLAFUploaded by russavia) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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