Category: Air Force

When the U.S. Air Force tried to get rid of its C-27Js, the Royal Canadian Air Force as keen to buy over them.

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The first time the People’s Liberation Army Air Force carried out a landing and take-off exercise from a highway was back in September 1989. The exercise involved a Il-14 and J-7s. It was carried out on a stretch of the Shenyang–Dalian Expressway. So far, the PLA has more than 10 such runways spread out in Liaoning, Shandong and Fujian provinces.

Costa Rica President Luis Guillermo Solis’ administration has announced a plan to use a plane confiscated from drug traffickers for official trips.

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Bulgaria will decide in June whether to buy new fighter jets or refurbish its MiG-29 fleet.

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