Aviation News
A F-16 pilot hit another jet in midair while demonstrating how to intercept aircraft to another pilot, investigations found that the pilot lacked sufficient sleep before the mishap.
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Maj. Laurens Vijge is the first Royal Netherlands Air Force pilot to fly the F-35.
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U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.
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Saab has secured an order from Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to modify 60 Gripen C to Gripen E for Sweden.
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Saab has been given a contract to supply 36 Gripen NG fighters to Brazil, Defense Minister Celso Amorim announced.
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