Aviation News
A Royal Canadian Air Force CC-177 had a minor accident at Lethbridge Airport recently, the cargo jet’s wing tip clipped the airport’s terminal building as it taxied in to park.
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Polish Ministry of National Defense has signed an agreement with Gulfstream for two G550 business jets that will be configured for VIP transport and delivered in 2017.
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Taiwan will begin the conversion of four F-16s to the V model from Jan. 16 next year, Air Force Command Chief of Staff Fan Ta-wei disclosed during a meeting of the Foreign and National Defense Committee.
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Denel Dynamics disclosed in its latest annual report that it has been given a contract to integrate its A-Darter dogfight missile on the Brazilian Air Force’s FX2 fighter. The Saab Gripen E was selected as the winner of the FX2 competition.
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One of the two Nationalist pilots who were shot down while flying the Lockheed U-2 spy plane over China has passed away.
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