Aviation News
The tail cone of a C-17 assigned to 172nd Airlift Wing came apart in flight and landed in a residential yard in Pearl, Mississippi on Jan. 7.
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WDAM-TV 7-News, Weather, Sports-Hattiesburg, MS
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One day after North Korea reported that it detonated a nuclear weapon, Japan deployed a C-130 and four T-4s to gather air samples and analyze them to see whether radioactive particles are present.
By Toshi Aoki – JP Spotters [CC BY-SA 3.0 or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Indonesian Air Force took dlievery of a Boeing 737-500 airliner from Garuda airline on Jan. 7 at Wing 1, Halim airbase.
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In the wake of North Korea’s nuclear test on Jan. 6, military officials from South Korea and United States discussed the deployment of a nuclear-powered submarine, F-22s and B-52 bombers to the Korean peninsular.
By Rob Shenk from Great Falls, VA, USA [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Filings by Irkut on the Russian government’s procurement website revealed that Myanmar has placed an order for a Yak-130 simulator. This could mean that Myanmar is the fourth nation after Algeria, Belarus and Bangladesh to operate the advanced jet trainer.
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