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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Category: Air Force
General Atomics to train foreign military UAV operators in North Dakota
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 willing to send F-16s to strike targets in Syria
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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Indonesia says it scrambled FLANKERs to escort foreign fighter jet out of its airspace
A senior Indonesian Air Force officer said two FLANKERs were scrambled to escort a foreign fighter jet out of its airspace on Sept. 21.
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KF-16 to be armed with Spice 2000 next year, 2 more 737 AEWs
The RoKAF will arm its KF-16 fleet with the Israeli-made Spice 2000 EO/GPS-guided bomb from next year.
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