Aviation News
Sweden has agreed to lower the interest rate of the loan to help Brazil buy 36 Gripens from 2.54 percent to 2.19 percent.
By Mike Freer – Touchdown-aviation [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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The first set of AN/UPX-40 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system for the E-3 has been installed at Hanscom Air Force Base.
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U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Betty R. Chevalier
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A Lao military Mi-17 helicopter, RDPL-34062, went missing on Jul. 27 and search teams have found the crash site in Thasi.
By Mariusz Siecinski [GFDL or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
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A ceremony will be held at Joint Base Langley-Eustis on Aug. 21 to reactivate the 71st Fighter Training Squadron.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Michael Ammons [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The roll and yaw trim settings on board a Hellenic Air Force F-16D were incorrect when the jet started rolling down the runway at Los Llanos Air Base in Albacete, Spain on Jan. 26, 2015. Seconds later the jet slammed into the ground and killed the two crew members and nine French Air Force personnel on the tarmac.
By Jerry Gunner (Lechfeld Elite 2008 213Uploaded by Alaniaris) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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