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Malaysia’s Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein has refuted a Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) news report saying Kuala Lumpur is keen to buy the JF-17.
By Shimin Gu [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Saab has renews its efforts to export the Gripen fighter to India. This time, it has offered to give New Delhi “full system and software control.”
By Mike Freer – Touchdown-aviation [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Malaysia’s High Commissioner to Pakistan Dr Hasrul Sani bin Mujtabar said his country is interested in the JF-17 and “a decision about numbers would be taken very soon by the Malaysian government.”
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Germany has started plans for a new fighter jet to replace the Panavia Tornado, Reuters reports. At this stage it is still unclear whether the new jet would be manned or unmanned.
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On Feb. 20, 1969 near Duc Lap, Vietnam, the crew of a UH-1P assigned to the 20th Special Operations Squadron flew a dangerous mission that saved a six-man Army long-range reconnaissance patrol. The pilots were later given the Silver Star but clerical errors and lost paperwork resulted in the crew chiefs not getting their Silver Stars until Dec. 17 this year.