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The 931st Air Refueling Group at McConnell Air Force Base will be re-designated as a wing in early 2016, according to a press release from the base.
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The Norwegian government’s Instagram account posted a picture of gingerbread cookies shaped like the F-35 on Dec. 8. The post attracted negative comments from followers.
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Photo: Norwegian government
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Flight Global reported that Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) Bedek group is making an unsolicited offer to sell surplus C-130Es to France.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Smith, USAF [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will be in China to attend a summit of prime ministers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization next week. Reuters say he could ink the deal with Beijing for 24 Su-35s during his trip there.
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Northrop Grumman has delivered the center fuselage for Japan’s first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, an F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) aircraft designated AX-1.
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