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The Sunday Leader found out that the JF-17 is still under consideration by the Sri Lankan Air Force and that no agreement on the fighter was signed when Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was visiting the country.
By Shimin Gu [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Pentagon has given Pratt & Whitney two contracts to build 167 F135 engines to power the F-35. The ninth batch will produce 66 engines while the last contract is for 101 power plants.
By Rick Goodfriend [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Four A-29 turboprop light attack aircraft have been handed over to the Afghan government, a Ministry of Defense spokesman told Pajhwok Afghan News.
By Senior Airman Ryan Callaghan (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/1716020) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Serbia has given Russia a shopping list of military equipment it would like to buy and a newly created Russian-Serbian commission for military-technical cooperation will examine the request later this month.
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By Dmitry Terekhov from Odintsovo, Russian Federation (IMG_0637) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Depending on where you live, Operation Desert Storm occurred on Jan. 16-17 1991. Twenty-five years later, some of the units that took part in the military campaign to oust Iraqi troops out of Kuwait are marking the anniversary with gatherings and ceremonies. Here are some of the stories.
Photo: U.S. Air Force
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