A secret airbase has emerged from the deserts in UAE, bordering Oman and Saudi Arabia. Aviation Week has more.
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Category: Air Force
Remaining Swedish experts on JAS-39 to leave Czech Republic
To help Czech Republic induct the Gripen into service, Sweden sent a group of pilots and mechanics to help the former setup shop in 2005. After ten years, the last batch of experts will depart this September.
© Milan Nykodym, Czech Republic [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Fighters from RAF, RCAF, RNLAF practiced intercepting B-52H during POLAR GROWL
Fighters from the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Air Force and the Royal Netherlands Air Force had chances to practice dissimilar air intercept maneuvers with B-52Hs from the 2nd Bomb Wing and 5th Bomb Wing on Apr.2.
New Hampshire Air National Guard photo by Airman Ashlyn J. Correia
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C-5M set 45 new world records in a single flight
A C-5M from Travis Air Force Base set 86 world aeronautical records during a flight on Apr. 3. 45 of those records were new.
U.S. Air Force photo/Ken Wright
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Alenia Aermacchi makes second attempt to sell M-345, C-27J to Chile
Alenia Aermacchi signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Chilean state aerospace company ENAER in a new attempt to sell the M-345 and C-27J to Chile.
“Alenia Aermacchi M-345 CPX619 PAS 2013 01” by Julian Herzog. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.