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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Category: Air Force
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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Saudi Eurofighters struck ISIL with Paveway IV
Defense News reported that Saudi Arabia is carrying out air strikes on ISIL targets using the Paveway IV precision guided weapon.
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Australia in co-operative agreement with Norway to develop JSM
Australia has entered into a co-operative agreement with Norway to develop the Joint Strike Missile for the F-35A.
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Official PLAAF recruitment video includes footage of J-20
The Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter has appeared in an official video for the first time. The footage can be found at the 4:20 spot of a recruitment video.
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