Japan is said to be formulating a policy to force foreign aircraft that intrudes into airspace around Senkaku Islands to land.
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Category: Air Force
Italian Eurofighters, KC-767 visit Lithuania
Italian Air Force flew two Eurofighters along with a lone KC-767 to Šiauliai Ari Base, Lithuania to familiarize themselves with the environment ahead of Italy’s air policing mission there in 2015.
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Norwegian F-16s deployed to Iceland
Six Norwegian F-16s arrived in Iceland on Jan. 27 to take on NATO’s air policing mission there.
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Pentagon could defund F-16 CAPES program
Sources say the Pentagon is likely to drop the Combat Avionics Programmed Extension Suite (CAPES) entirely and opt for a simpler and cheaper service-life extension program (SLEP) for its F-16 fleet.
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Bangladesh ordered 24 Yak-130s
News media in Russia say Bangladesh has placed an order for 24 Yak-130 advanced jet trainers in the last quarter of 2013.
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