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F-35 Joint Program Office says three fixes are available to solve the recent ejection seat issue. All three solutions are expected to be implemented by summer 2017, the office has said.
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South Korea will get two Global Hawks in 2018, followed by another two in 2019. Northrop Grumman told Flight Global that training of South Korean personnel will begin in early 2017.
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A memorandum of understanding (MOU) that seeks to minimize the risk of inflight incidents among coalition and Russian aircraft operating in Syrian air space is now in effect.
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The U.S. government has finally agreed to do the final clean-up of the Palomares B-52 crash site in southern Spain, nearly fifty years since the bomber collided with a refueling tanker.
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A Cyprus Mi-35 attack helicopter returning from an exercise severed two power cables in the Nikoklia area in Paphos. Although the helicopter landed safely at its base, the incident started a fire at the scene.
By Savvas Petoussis [Attribution], via Wikimedia Commons
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