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Pentagon getting 78 C-130Js with options for 5 more under Multiyear contract

Posted on January 1, 2016January 1, 2016 by alert5

The Pentagon has approved a Multiyear contract, worth $5.3 billion, to buy 78 C-130Js from Lockheed Martin.

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Photos: PLAAF ground crew at work

Posted on December 31, 2015 by alert5

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Poland to scale back purchase of H225, divert money to buy UH-60 and AW149

Posted on December 31, 2015December 31, 2015 by alert5

Poland will scale back the purchase of Airbus Helicopters H225s from 60 aircraft down to between eight and ten air frames.

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Rare access to VPAF’s 935 Fighter Jet Regiment

Posted on December 31, 2015December 31, 2015 by alert5

Tuoi Tre news was given a rare tour of Vietnam’s 935 Fighter Jet Regiment, which flies the Su-30MK2.

Photo: Tuoi Tre

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KC-135Rs from Tinker AFB to receive Block 45 modifications next year

Posted on December 31, 2015December 31, 2015 by alert5

KC-135Rs assigned to the 507th Air Refueling Wing are slated to be the first Air Force Reserve Command tankers to be retrofitted with the new KC-135 Block 45 upgrade starting in February 2016.

U.S. Air Force Photo/Maj. Jon Quinlan
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