Turkey has placed an order for 10 Anka UAVs with Turkish Aerospace Industries. Deliveries will start in 2016.
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Israel strikes hit Syrian military base
Israeli warplanes struck targets inside Syria on Thursday, according to U.S. officials. The raid was in the city of Latakia.
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Photo: F-35A conducts first live fire with AMRAAM
The F-35 executed its first live-fire launch of a guided air-to-air missile over a military test range off the California coast on Oct. 30.
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RoCAF Black Bat Squadron reactivated
Taiwan’s famous Black Bat Squadron is back with the Air Force after operating as 134th Squadron in Navy while flying the S-2T. The unit has been re-designated as 34th Squadron and flies the P-3 again.
Photo: MND, Taiwan
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E-8C getting new operator work stations, radar signal processor
Northrop Grumman will retrofit the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) aircraft, trainers and laboratories with new operator work stations (OWS) and radar signal processor.
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