Saab has been given a contract to supply 36 Gripen NG fighters to Brazil, Defense Minister Celso Amorim announced.
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RAND says it’s cheaper to build separate planes instead of F-35
RAND has released a report that questions the wisdom of having the F-35 to meet the needs of the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps.
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Turkish S-70 crash kills four
A Turkish S-70 helicopter has crashed after hitting high voltage cables in heavy fog near the Turkish capital Ankara, on Dec 17. Hit the source for photos of the wreckage.
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Non-stop operations during Forager Fury II
Aviation units from the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marines took part in a nonstop operations surge Dec. 10 to Dec. 13 on Guam and the nearby island of Tinian.
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Russia grounds MiG-31
The Russian Air Force has grounded its MiG-31 fleet while it investigates the cause of a recent crash.
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