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India’s Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has given hints that the Phalcon AEW&C fleet suffers from poor availability rate and shortage of air crews.
By Michael Sender (Michael Sender) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Air Force’s 81st Fighter Squadron graduated the first class of eight Afghan A-29 Super Tucano pilots on Dec. 17.
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U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ceaira Tinsley
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Antonov Aviation and Тaqnia Aeronautics from Saudi Arabia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Dec. 17 for the supply of 30 An-178s to the Royal Saudi Air Force.
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Photo: Antonov
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Estonia has taken delivery of its first batch of Mistral M3 surface-to-air missiles on Dec. 17. Included in the same shipment were Milan anti-tank missiles.
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A Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) pilot, Majdi Asmadi, is reported by local media to have lost his job after he refused to go on an official trip to Israel.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Wolfram M. Stumpf (VIRIN: 070521-F-3303S-056) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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