Category: Air Force

A WC-130H now collecting dust at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base has been offered to Niger under the U.S. Excess Defense Articles (EDA) program.

By Mike Freer – Touchdown-aviation [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Chief of the Indian Air Force, Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa, took one of the oldest MiG-21 in the inventory for a solo flight lasting half an hour on Jan. 12.

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The Russian Ministry of Defense says six of its Su-24 fighter bombers have been withdrawn from Hmeymim airbase in Syria and more will follow.

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Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth has been Davis-Monthan Air Force Base; Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida; and Whiteman Air Force Base to be the preferred location for the first Air Force Reserve-led F-35 base by the U.S. Air Force.

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Slovakia’s Defense Minister Peter Gajdos said his country has received several offers to buy or lease fighter planes that will replace its aging MiG-29s.

By Rob Schleiffert from Holland (MiG-29) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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