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The British government has confirmed media reports that it will spend £10m to refit a RAF Voyager MRTT into a VVIP jet for the cabinet.
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The first deployment of the E-3G Block 40/45 to a combat theater of operations has taken place in Southwest Asia on Nov. 18.
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A cruise ship, Le Boreal, had an engine room fire that left it drifting off the Falkland Islands. The Royal Air Force dispatched a number of helicopters and aircraft to assist in the evacuation of passengers and crew aboard the ship.
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Italian Minister of Defense Roberta Pinotti and her Dutch counterpart Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Brussels for Dutch pilots to receive flight training using the Italian Air Force’s M-346 on Nov. 17.
Photo: Italian Ministry of Defense
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Indonesian Ambassador to Moscow Djauhari Oratmangun told RIA Novosti in an interview that a Russian-Indonesian joint commission on military-technical cooperation will discuss the purchase of the Su-35 fighters in late November in Jakarta.
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