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An anonymous government source told Reuters that RAF fighters, staged out of RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, have completed their first air strikes in Syria and returned to base.
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Germany and France have separately approached Turkey for permission to use Turkish air bases in order to support their air missions against ISIL.
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German media was able to obtain a report published by the Defense Minister, it was reported that the Luftwaffe only has 29 operational Tornado fighter-bombers, out of 66 in its inventory.
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The German Defense Ministry said a second A400M has been delivered on Dec. 2 and a third transport aircraft will be arriving by the end of the year.
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Netherlands, Norway and Poland selected the A330 MRTT under a program named Multinational MRTT Fleet (MFF) whereby they will jointly use the tankers. Now, Germany has indicated that it will join the MFF as well.
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