Aviation News
As they await for the arrival of the PLAAF 2nd Fighter Division in the afternoon, airmen from the Royal Thai Air Force’s Wing 1 at Korat airbase gathered to wish King Bhumibol Adulyadej a happy birthday. The King of Thailand will celebrate his birthday on Dec. 5.
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Radio-Electronic Technologies Concern (KRET) says it is delivering the Khibiny-10V/L-175V jamming pods to the Russian military this month, the new pods will allow the Su-34 to act as an escort jammer.
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By Dmitry Terekhov from Odintsovo, Russian Federation (IMG_9112) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
The Pentagon confirmed that two B-52 bombers from Guam flew near Chinese artificial islands in the South China Sea on Nov. 8 and 9.
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U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Hicks
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Six U.S. Air Force F-15Es have deployed from RAF Lakenheath, U.K. to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey on Nov. 12.
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U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Erin Trower
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A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) E-7A Wedgetail AEW&C has set a new record by flying a 17-hour operational mission over Iraq and Syria.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Lawrence Crespo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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