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The Indian Air Force is now left with just 32 fighter squadrons and the service is set to lose another 14 squadrons when it retires the MiG-21 and MiG-27 at the end of the decade.
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The Royal Air Force’s first RC-135W, ZZ664, with 51 Squadron Centenary Tail Art.
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According to the head of U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Maj. Gen. Thomas Masiello, the service will likely have prototype hypersonic missiles by 2020 that can eventually be deployed for operations.
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The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) will deploy four CF-188 fighters to Romania for a month in March.
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U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command’s chief said he would need to buy three more CV-22s to account for attrition before the production is shuttered.
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