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The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force is set to decommission its J-7 fighter jets this year, according to a report from Global Times. The J-7, China’s first supersonic fighter jet, has been in use by the PLA Air Force and the People’s Liberation Army Naval Air Force (PLANAF) for many years, but has been gradually retired since 2018 as the country’s production capacity of new aircraft has increased.
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A Indian Air Force pilot has died in an apparent mid-air collision between a Mirage 2000 fighter and a Su-30MKI.
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The Czech government is negotiating with the Swedeish government to extend the lease of 14 Gripen fighters till 2035, Czech news site Novinky has reported.
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France has qualified Safran’s AASM 1000 smart munition for use on the Rafale F4 standard fighter. It will be use by the French Air Force and Navy. The Direction générale de l’armement (DGA) says qualification on the Rafale F4.1 will being this month.
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) confirmed on Wednesday that one of its SIAI-Marchetti SF-260TP trainer/light attack turboprop aircraft went down in Bataan while its two pilots were conducting “recurrency training.” According to the PAF spokesperson Col. Ma. Consuelo Castillo, the plane crashed in Barangay Del Rosario in Pilar town at about 10:34 a.m. and that the investigation is ongoing. The SF-260TP aircraft was assigned to the 15th Strike Wing, based at the Danilo Atienza Air Base in Sangley Point, Cavite.
Photo: Pilar Municipal Police Station
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