Five PLAAF JH-7 fighters have carried out their first mission at Peace Mission-2013 China-Russia joint military drill in Chelyabinsk, Russia.
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Category: Air Force
Air Force pilot is Taiwan’s new defense minister in six days
Gen. Yen Ming, former chief of RoCAF, has been nominated as Taiwan’s new defense minister. The previous minister, Andrew Yang, was forced to resign just six days in office after he was accused of plagiarizing in a book he published in 2007.
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F-15E, using data from JLENS, intercepted anti-ship missile target with AIM-120
During a test on Jul. 17, a U.S. Air Force F-15E shot down a anti-ship missile target using data provided by JLENS.
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Bahrain interested in Eurofighter
Bahrain is in talks with BAE Systems for a batch of Eurofighters. A BAE Systems spokeswoman said the talks are between Bahrain and the British government.
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Russian Air Force to take delivery of first PAK-FA “in the third quarter of this year”
RIA Novosti reports that the Russia Air Force will take delivery of its firstPAK-FA “in the third quarter of this year.”
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