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U.S. Air Force pilots who fly the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper are being sent to study a 15-day course that will see them graduate as Electronic Combat Officers.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Ridgeway [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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John Venable, a former F-16C pilot with 3,000 hours of fighter time, and a Senior Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation did a survey with 31 F-35A pilots and found that they had a high degree of confidence in the fighter.
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Commander of the Russian Aerospace Forces Viktor Bondarev disclosed that the new Mi-28NM attack helicopter could enter service as early as late 2017 or 2018.
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The four French Air Force Rafale fighters that were deployed in Chad have flown home on Jul. 29 and they were replaced by four Mirage 2000s, the French Defense Ministry said on Aug. 3.
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By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (Rafale – RIAT 2013) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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