India has decided to exercise an option to buy 38 more Pilatus PC-7 Mark IIs and gave the green light to buy the HTT-40 when it is available.
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Denmark suspends maintenance contract of Thule Air Base
Denmark’s Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard has called on the United States to suspend the public tender for a maintenance contract at Thule Air Base.
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Heritage Flight Training and Certification Course at Davis-Monthan AFB this weekend
Historic warbirds and front-line U.S. fighters are gathered at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base this weekend for the Heritage Flight Training and Certification Course.
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PLAAF to offer flying lessons at High schools
China plans to offer flying lessons to high school students ages 14 to 16 and groom them to become potential pilots for the PLAAF.
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USAF to convert 18 A-10s to “Backup Status”
The U.S. Air Force has received the green light to convert 18 primary combat-coded A-10s from active units and place them into Backup-Aircraft Inventory (BAI) status.
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