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After a four year interruption, the French Air Force is set to receive new additions to its fleet in the form of Dassault Aviation’s Rafale. On Dec. 29, 2022, the Mérignac plant of Dassault Aviation delivered the first of these aircraft, tail number B359, to the Direction Générale de l’Armement (French defense procurement agency).
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On Jan. 6, history was made as the first flight of an F-35 in the Technology Refresh 3 (TR-3) configuration was successfully conducted by a developmental test team from the 461st Flight Test Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base in California. This marks a significant achievement for the F-35 program and is a crucial step in ensuring the aircraft remains unrivaled across the globe.
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The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a think tank based in Washington, D.C., has developed a wargame for a Chinese amphibious invasion of Taiwan and ran it 24 times.
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After a rigorous seven-step evaluation process, Canada has decided to buy 88 F-35As under its Future Fighter Capability Project, which was launched in 2017, the Minister of National Defence has announced.
