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Portugal announced on Aug. 11 that it has started talks with Northrop Grumman to upgrade the targeting capabilities of its F-16A/B fleet.
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By Carlos Menendez San Juan (F-16AM) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Russia’s Air and Space Forces Commander Col.-Gen. Viktor Bondarev said the defense ministry will sign a contract to purchase more than 30 MiG-35s by 2018.
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By Dmitry Terekhov from Odintsovo, Russian Federation (Micoyan&Gurevich MiG-35) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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A U.S. Air Force F-16 from the 480th Fighter Squadron crashed in the morning of Aug. 11 near Engelmannreuth in the county of Bayreuth, Germany. The pilot safely ejected.
The U.S. Air Force is organizing an industry day at Wright Patterson Air Force Base from Aug. 26-27 for the UH-1N replacement program.
By U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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India might go and buy the Sukhoi PAK FA fighter off-the-shelf while waiting for the fifth generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) version to be developed.
By Alex Beltyukov – RuSpotters Team [CC BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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