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KF-16 upgrade fiasco; DAPA broke FMS rules

Posted on June 18, 2016June 18, 2016 by alert5

South Korea’s government has completed its own investigation into the blotched attempt to upgrade the RoKAF F-16 with BAE Systems as contractor.

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First batch of Israeli pilots to fly the F-35 will head to U.S. next month

Posted on June 18, 2016June 18, 2016 by alert5

Four Israeli fighter pilots assigned to fly the F-35 will be traveling to Luke Air Force Base, Arizona next month.

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Indonesian Air Force grounds its NAS-332 fleet

Posted on June 18, 2016June 18, 2016 by alert5

Commander of the Indonesian Air Force, Air Marshal Agus Supriatna, has ordered all nine of its NAS-332 helicopters to be grounded pending inspection.

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China has sent four naval ships to look for missing Vietnamese airmen

Posted on June 17, 2016June 17, 2016 by alert5

China says it has dispatched four naval ships to the Gulf of Tonkin to help search for those missing in the Su-30MK2V and C212 crash.

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Vietnamese C212 goes missing while searching for Su-30MK2V pilot

Posted on June 17, 2016June 17, 2016 by alert5

A Vietnamese C212 transport plane assigned to search for the missing Su-30MK2V fighter pilot has gone missing on Jun. 16. Local media cited officials as saying that contact with the aircraft was lost around noon local time.

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