U.S. defense officials said Russia has deployed its fighter jets to Syria. One official say four fighters are in Latakia. A photo on social media indicated that Russia flew the Su-30 there.
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Category: Air Force
Venezuelan Su-30MKV crashed while trying to intercept unknown aircraft
A Venezuelan Air Force Su-30MKV crashed on Sept. 17 at approximately 21:07 p.m. local time while trying to intercept an unknown aircraft in the northwestern region of the country.
By André Du-pont (Mexico Air Spotters) [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Raytheon might pair with Aermacchi to offer M-346 for T-X
An industry source told Defense News that Raytheon has been talking to Alenia Aermacchi to offer the latter’s M-346 for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X competition.
By Peter Bakema [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Saab is confident of winning T-X program in partnership with Boeing
Saab Chief Executive Hakan Buskhe believes his firm will be able to snatch the U.S. Air Force’s T-X program together with Boeing.
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AFSOC’s AC-130s will soon be able to deploy tube-launched UAVs
U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) has initiated one quick concept-demonstrator program to employ a tube-launched small unmanned aerial vehicle from the AC-130 gunship.
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