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This October, the first F-35A assembled by Italy, AL-1, will make its maiden flight from the assembly line at Cameri Air Base in northern Italy.
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Three Su-25s and one Su-25UB have been overhauled recently and delivered to Ukraine’s 299th aviation brigade. All four were given a new pixelated paint scheme.
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Jeff Kohler, head of international sales and marketing for Boeing’s defense division, told Reuters that he is confident the last five remaining C-17s will be sold by the fourth quarter of this year.
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If Boeing is to export the A-10 when the jet is retired from the U.S. Air Force, one potential market will be the Middle East whereby the attack aircraft can be a low-cost counterterrorism system.
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A senior military official from Afghanistan says the country is arming its transport planes with weapons and has been using them on air strikes against the Taliban.
By Staff Sgt. Todd Pouliot (USArmy.mil) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons