Aviation News
A neighborhood in Baghdad was accidentally bombed by a Su-25 that was returning to land on Jul. 6. At least eight people on the ground were killed.
By Aiden94Joseph (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Algerian blog Secret Difa3 posted a photo of the country’s new Mi-26T2 helicopter flying near Biskra air base on Jun. 9.
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Photo: secretdifa3.net
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A woman F-15E Strike Eagle weapon systems officer with the 389th Fighter Squadron became the first WSO to graduate from the U.S. Air Force Weapons School on Jun. 27.
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Photo: Susan Garcia, Nellis AFB, USAF Weapons School
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Two on board a Russian Air Force Su-24M were killed when their jet crashed in Khabarovsk on Jul. 6. The accident occurred around 14:35 Moscow time.
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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A lawmaker from the Shiite bloc in the Iraqi parliament told reporters that Washington has pressured Baghdad to base its new F-16IQs in Jordan instead of returning them home.
Photo: Lockheed Martin
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