Saab will not be building the entire airframe for Brazil’s Gripen E order. Instead, Brazilian firms will do 80 percent of the work.
Category: Air Force
Strong winds caused F-16 to flip on top of another at Boneyard
Strong winds at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base caused a F-16 to flip on top of another F-16 on Jul. 13. Hit the source for the photo.
RTAF to open military airspace to commercial flights
The Royal Thai Air Force has agreed to a proposal from Aeronautical Radio of Thailand (Aerothai) to open up restricted military airspace at certain times for commercial flights.
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Canada officially withdraws from E-3A Component
A ceremony was held at the E-3A Club on NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, Germany on Jul. 11 to mark Canada’s official withdrawal from the NATO AWACS program.
Ukrainian An-26 may have been shot down by Pantsyr S1 or air-to-air missile
Ukraine claims that a An-26 transport plane might have been shot down by a Russian Pantsyr S1 air defense system or from a air-to-air missile.
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