The crew of a USAF F-15E had to switch the radar to gun mode in order to locate and avoid a Eastern Airways Jetstream JS41 passenger plane over Scotland.
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RoKAF lost an average of 2.5 fighter jets each year since 2000
The South Korean Air Force told parliament that it has been losing 2.5 fighters each year since 2000.
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ONR automates F-35 canopy manufacturing process
Office of Naval Research (ONR) together with F-35 Program Office, Naval Air Systems Command, GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems and Penn State’s Applied Research Laboratory, has managed to automate the process of manufacturing the F-35 canopy.
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Taiwan to hold P-3C delivery ceremony end of this month
Taiwan will mark the delivery of its first P-3C at the end of this month.
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Lockheed Martin gets Saudi Arabia order for two KC-130Js
Lockheed Martin has secured a Foreign Military Sale of two KC-130J tankers for Saudi Arabia. The Gulf state could potentially order 23 more C-130Js.
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