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Denmark’s Parliament has approved the acquisition of 27 Lockheed Martin F-35As on Jun. 9. This makes Denmark the 7th partner nation of the JSF program and 11th nation to operate the F-35.
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History repeated itself again, this time in Netherlands after a Patrouille Suisse F-5 collided with another F-5 and crashed near Leeuwarden Air Base. The crash occurred hours after a Russian Knights Su-27 went down in Kubinka, Moscow.
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A Russian Knights Su-27 has crashed in the Moscow Region on Jun. 9. The pilot, Maj. Sergey Eremenko, is said to have been killed in the crash.
Indonesia’s Ambassador in Moscow, Mohamad Wahid Supriyadi, told RIA Novosti on Jun. 8 that his country is still in talks to buy eight Su-35 fighters.
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Canada wanted to know how well the ALR-56M radar warning receiver would fit with the Defensive Electronic Warfare Suite and aircraft mission computer on the CC-130J during the Block 7 upgrade. For that purpose, it flew one aircraft to the Benefield Anechoic Facility at Edwards Air Force Base to find out.
U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit
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