Category: Air Force

Poland has confirmed an earlier report in February that it is deploying four F-16s to the Middle East for reconnaissance missions against ISIL.

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The Swedish Air Force annual Tactics, Techniques and Procedures exercise saw participating Gripen fighters testing out the latest MS20 software upgrade.

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A U.S. Air Force database, managed by Lockheed Martin, crashed last month and information for investigations dating back to 2004 were lost.

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News reports from Vietnam says a Su-30MK2V fighter, #8585, is missing. The missing fighter is said to have taken off from Thộ Xuân airbase. Home of the 923rd Fighter-Bomber Regiment, 371st Air Force Division.

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South Korean police has admitted that hackers from the North have hacked into networks at 160 South Korean firms and government agencies. In one case, blueprints for the wings of the Boeing F-15 were stolen from the computers of Korean Air Lines.

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