Sukhoi handed over another batch of Su-34 fighter bombers to the Russian Air and Space Force on Oct. 28.
Category: Air Force
First Russian serviceman to die in Syria
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.
RCAF C-130 refuels Italian Tornado
A Royal Canadian Air Force C-130 crew had the opportunity to aerial refuel a Italian Air Force Tornado fighter bomber over Trapani Air Base in Sicily during Exercise Trident Juncture 2015.
Missing Spanish AS 332 crew might have been kidnapped
Spanish Defense Minister Pedro Morenés has not ruled out the possibility that a missing AS 332 crew might have been kidnapped by pirates along the West African coast.
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Boeing will decide whether to protest LRS-B award within two weeks
CEO Boeing Defense, Space & Security, Chris Chadwick, told his staff that the company will decide if there’s a need to protest the award of the Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) contract to Northrop Grumman within two weeks.
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