Asahi Shimbun reported that the price of Japan’s F-35s are 50 percent higher than U.S.-made models as 24 components of the jet are made locally.
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Category: Air Force
F-111C heading to Pacific Aviation Museum
The Royal Australian Air Force has gifted F-111C, A8-130, to the Pacific Aviation Museum in Hawaii as a gesture of friendship between Australia and United States.
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Japan plans to buy at least one Global Hawk in FY2015
Japan is expected to buy at least one Global Hawk in fiscal 2015. To achieve that goal, Tokyo will spend $2 million for research on the Global Hawk in the fiscal 2014 budget.
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$857 billion to operate F-35s over 55 years
The F-35 program office told the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee last month that new estimates tag the JSF’s operating and support cost at $857 billion over 55 years.
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YouTube: J-11B radar test bed unveiled
A previously unknown Shenyang J-11B radar test bed has been revealed in a CCTV news report on the PLAAF test pilot fraternity. The pitot tube on the radome has been offset to a position above the radome. Fast forward to 2 minutes and 8 seconds into the video.
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