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A test of India’s Astra beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) failed on Mar. 16 as the missile could not be launched.
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Russia says its had deployed Tu-22M3 bombers to Crimea in a snap drill. The exercise till run until Mar. 21.
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India’s Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said in Parliament that between 2013 to 2014, the Su-30MKI suffered 35 engine failures, which is around 2.9 failures a month.
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Argentina’s Defense Minister AgustÃn Rossi confirmed that Air Force chief Mario Miguel Callejo will head to China this weekend with a delegation to evaluate the JF-17 fighter.
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VFA-27 concluded a Dissimilar Air Combat Training (DACT) detachment with the JASDF 204th Fighter Squadron on Feb. 23-25.
U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Spencer Abbot