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Three F-16s from Edwards Air Force Base have arrived at Joint Base Lewis-McChord to participate in aerial refueling tests with the Boeing KC-46A.
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Alenia Aermacchi has sold two of the company’s C-27J tactical transport to an unnamed African nation.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Russia’s deployment of combat aircraft in Syria appeared to be for defending it own base there.
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General Atomics has confirmed its plan to set up a training academy in Grand Forks, North Dakota to teach foreign military operators of the MQ-9.
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Denmark’s Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen told the magazine Ræson that if Danish F-16s are sent back to the Middle East next year, they could probably attack ISIL targets in Syria as well.
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