Tokyo has come up with a new plan to expand the scope of the mission in Djibouti. Currently, the troops there are tasked with securing the sea lanes in the Gulf of Aden.
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AirTanker to wet lease G-VYGK to Thomas Cook Airlines UK
AirTanker intent to wet lease A330 tanker, G-VYGK, to Thomas Cook Airlines UK which plans to use it for transatlantic routes.
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China spying on PACAF air refueling schedules too
Besides radar and engine technology, Chinese hackers are busy looking for information on U.S. Air Force air refueling schedules too, the Lowy Institute reported.
China stole F-35’s radar and engine blueprints
Top secret documents disclosed by Edward Snowden have revealed details of what Chinese hackers had stole from the F-35 program.
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Sweetman: Joint Strike Fighter Debate Enters New Phase
Bill Sweetman has written a new oped on the F-35 in which he concludes: “We have passed at great cost through much of the era of programmatic risk with the F-35. Now, we are looking more at operational risk, with strategic risk on the horizon.”
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