The Israeli Air Force has retired all its F-16A/Bs on Dec. 26 after 36 years of service. Now all 40 aircraft are being made available for sale.
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Category: Air Force
Israeli Air Force is opposing plan by Army to acquire long-range missiles
Israel is mulling an option to equip its artillery corps with long-range surface-to-surface missile that can reach targets deep inside Lebanon. However, the plan is being opposed by the Air Force who believes its warplanes are more suited for the job.
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Iraq taking delivery of T-50IQ early next year
Iraq’s Ministry of Defense says it will soon take delivery of the T-50IQ it ordered from South Korea.
Photo: KAI
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Malaysia’s MMRCA program delayed due to 1MBD scandal
Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid is said to have met the heads of European defense companies during his visit to London last month and he is said to have told them that the purchase of 18 fighters for RMAF under the MMRCA project has been shelved due to the 1MBD scandal.
Photo: Sgt Mobbs/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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Afghan Air Force woman pilot seeks asylum in the U.S.
Afghanistan’s first female fixed-wing Air Force pilot, Capt. Niloofar Rahmani, is seeking asylum in the United States where she recently completed her C-130 conversion course.
By Senior Airman Scott Saldukas [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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