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Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Bob Corker, wrote to Secretary of State John Kerry that he is against the subsidized sale of eight F-16s to Pakistan.
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Russian newspaper Kommersant said Iraq is in talks to buy a small number of MiG-29M fighters.
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F-15Es from the 335th and 334th Fighter Squadrons flew the missing man formation for the burial of Lt. Gen. Winton “Bones” Marshall, Jan. 27 at Arlington National Cemetery. General Marshall was a former Korean War ace with the 335th FS.
Source: U.S. Air Force
During a interview with TV2 IRIB, Iran’s Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan said Tehran is negotiating with Moscow for license production of the Su-30 fighter.
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A Myanmar Air Force Beechcraft 1900 crashed while taking off from Naypyidaw on Feb. 10. Four on board were killed in the crash while a fifth person later died from injuries.
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