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A Iranian MiG-29UB twin-seat fighter crashed on May 24 in the western city of Hamedan. One pilot was killed and the other injured.
By Shahram Sharifi [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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An anonymous source told Defense News that Vietnam is keen to buy F-16s and P-3s from the DoD’s excess defense articles (EDA) program.
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Photo: TNI AU
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The Pentagon has been forced to admit that the final hurdle to clear the F-35 for full rate production will not happen until 2018, as predicted by its director of operational test and evaluation.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The first Boeing P-8A maritime patrol aircraft for the Royal Australian Air Force has made its maiden flight at Renton Airfield, Washington.
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Exercise Maple Flag is back and this year, the French Air Force will bring four Rafales from 1/91 squadron to 4 Wing Cold Lake to participate in the Canadian variation of Exercise Red Flag.
By Newresid stephanelhernault@yahoo.fr [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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