Flt. Lt. Sean Rutledge of the Royal Australian Air Force has started training on the EA-18G, the first Australian pilot to do so.
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RSAF WSO student was in the USN T-45C that crashed in Florida
A Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) Weapon Systems Officer (Fighter) trainee was in the backseat of U.S. Navy T-45C that crash at NAS Pensacola on Nov. 4.
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China constructing radar station to monitor India’s high-altitude airstrip
Indian officials say China has been building a radar station near the high-altitude Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO) sector in Ladakh. This is to monitor IAF flights landing there.
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F-16 strafes control tower in Netherlands
The control tower of a live firing range in Netherlands was accidentally strafe by a F-16 on Monday afternoon.
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Exercise Cruzex Flight 13
Aircraft from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay, the United States and Venezuela are in Natal, Brazil for Cruzex Flight 13, Latin American multinational exercise.
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