France has successfully test-fired the Air-Sol Moyenne Portée-Amélioré (ASMP-A) nuclear air-launched cruise missile from the Rafale.
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Category: Air Force
Thales trying to sell Damocles pod to India
Thales is running a sales campaign in India to getter the latter to buy its Damocles targeting pod for the IAF Mirage 2000 fighter as well as for the Rafale.
By Georges Seguin (Okki) (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Video of Hungarian AF pilot ejecting from his Gripen during belly landing
RAF Waddington 2016 airshow in doubt
There are concerns that the RAF Waddington airshow, cancelled in 2015, might not happen next year as well as the Royal Air Force is facing issuing refurbishing the runway.
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French Air Force chief said U.S. air strikes against IS shouldn’t be targeting pickup trucks
Chief of staff of the French Air Force Gen. Denis Mercier has criticized the way the U.S.-led coalition carried out air strikes against ISIL in Syria and Iraq.
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