Mexico has requested a possible sale of 5 UH-60M Black Hawks for an estimated cost of $225 million.
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Category: Air Force
Cost of upgrading F-35 reduced by $920 million
The Pentagon projected that it will only have to spend $1.65 billion instead of $2.57 billion to upgrade and fix problems found on early production batches of the F-35.
F-35A caught fire during take-off at Eglin AFB
A F-35A had to abort its take-off at Eglin Air Force Base on Jun. 23 after the tail caught fire.
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Al Fursan, Black Eagles may perform at Zhuhai airshow 2014
Organizers of the Zhuhai Airshow had their first meeting on Jun. 16, sources say RoKAF’s Black Eagles and UAE’s Al Fursan aerobatic teams have been invited to this year’s show.
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Hellenic Air Force 341 Squadron 60th anniversary tail art
The Hellenic Air Force’s 341 Squadron marked its 60th anniversary with a specially painted F-16C.
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Photo: HAF
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