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Indonesia will finalized the plan to buy the Sukhoi Su-35 from Russia next month, Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu confirmed on Mar. 4.
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Paul Granger, a B-52 pilot who was shot down over Hanoi and taken captivity during Operation Linebacker II in 1972, was honored by the 560th Flying Training Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph on Mar. 3.
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The U.S. Air Force is no longer able to command its newest weather satellite – Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Flight 19 (DMSP F-19).
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The second KC-46A aerial refueling tanker made its first flight from Paine Field in Everett on Mar. 2 and the aircraft later landed at Boeing Field in Seattle.
Photo: Gail Hanusa, Boeing
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