Category: Air Force

Turkey will transfer 34 T-37 jet trainers and their spare parts to Pakistan free of charge, both sides announced on Oct. 28. Ｔhe agreement was signed after the conclusion of the 11th Meeting of the Pakistan-Turkey High Level Military Dialogue Group (HLMDG) in Ankara.

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Shaw Air Force Base officials said the pilot of an F-16C from the 20th Fighter Wing was forced to jettison two 370-gallon external fuel tanks over an unpopulated area in South Carolina during a training mission on Oct. 28 afternoon.

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Sukhoi handed over another batch of Su-34 fighter bombers to the Russian Air and Space Force on Oct. 28.

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A 19 year-old assigned to a Russia Su-25 unit now deployed to Syria has died there on Oct. 24. Vadim Kostenko is said to have hanged himself because of a relationship problem with his girlfriend. He is the first Russian serviceman confirmed to have died in Syria after Moscow started air strikes in the country.

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