Category: Air Force

The Japanese Ministry of Defense has set its sights on obtaining a record $51 billion budget from the government for fiscal 2017.

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The Indian Air Force has been given the green light to replace a C-130J that was lost in an accident in March 2014.

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Israel is sending some of its F-16 fighter pilots to India for what is dubbed a “working visit” whereby they will visit a Indian Air Force fighter squadron.

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A A-4 belonging to Draken International crashed in the morning of Aug. 16 whilst returning to Nellis Air Force Base after a sortie to support the 57th Wing.

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From the left to right, Capt. Alex Ong, Capt Chi Yu Chia and Maj. Wang Kee Yong, at Mountain Home Air Force Base. According to the USAF, they are the first graduates of the RSAF F-15SG Fighter Weapons Instructor Course.

U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Lauren-Taylor Levin