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A U.S. Air Force doctor with the 353rd Special Operations Group has been charged with raping a Thai woman twice when he was in the country for an exercise last year.
“353d Special Operations Group Emblem” by The Army Institute of Heraldry – Air Force Historical Research Agency. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
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The Philippines Air Force has taken delivery of the first of three Airbus C295 medium transport aircraft in Seville, Spain.
Photo: Airbus
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.
“Russian Air Force Tupolev Tu-22M3 Beltyukov” by Alex Beltyukov – http://russianplanes.net/EN/ID56447. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
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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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