A $103 million contract has been awarded to Tupolev and Kazan Aircraft Plant to upgrade three Tu-160 bombers.
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Category: Air Force
United Nations Mi-8 was shot down in South Sudan
Russia’s Investigative Committee says a United Nations Mi-8 helicopter was shot down by surface-to-air artillery fire in South Sudan in December 2012.
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RSAF Black Knights are back with new paint scheme
Forty years ago, the Republic of Singapore Air Force was then five-years old, its RAF-trained Hawker Hunter pilots have only clocked a few hundred hours in the jet, but a bold decision was made to form an aerobatics team called the Osprey Red.
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South Korea to restart bidding for 60 fighters next month
South Korea’s Defence Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) will reopen bidding for 60 fighters in the third week of August.
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C-17 TFOA
The aft radome of a USAF C-17 came apart in flight and landed in a San Antonio man’s backyard on Jul. 26.
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