Aviation News
The Swiss military said on Sept. 6 that preliminary investigations revealed that Swiss air traffic agency, Skyguide, had assigned the Swiss F/A-18 that crashed into mountain on a wrong altitude.
By Konstantin von Wedelstaedt [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Three Turkish Air Force F-16C/D squadrons assigned to the 4th Air Wing – the 141st, 142nd and 143rd – have been disbanded and the aircraft assigned to other wings.
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Lockheed Martin announced that it recently delivered the 2,000th Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) to the U.S. Air Force.
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The Canadian government has renewed Operation REASSURANCE, the Canadian Armed Forces’ support to NATO assurance and deterrence measures in Central and Eastern Europe, and for this round, it will contribute an Air Task Force that comprised of up to six CF-18.
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By John Davies – CYOW Airport Watch [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
Pakistani Ambassador to Russia Qazi Khalilullah told Sputnik that his country’s air force chief, Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman, had fruitful talks in Moscow in July regarding the purchase of Su-35 fighters.
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