Japan scrambled fighter jets on Wednesday after a Chinese Y-8J early warning plane flew through international airspace between Okinawa prefecture’s main island and the smaller Miyako island in southern Japan for the first time.
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Category: Air Force
South Africa to sell away Gripens, AW109s?
A news report says South Africa is considering selling off its Gripen fighters and its Agusta A109 helicopters due to a lack of funds to operate them.
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Philippine says its W-3A helicopter cannot be used in combat
Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said there will be no further purchase of W-3A Sokol helicopters from Poland.
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NATO fighters forced intruding Cessna to land in Latvia
A Cessna light plane was forced by NATO fighters to land in Latvia after it intruded Russian and Lithuanian airspace this week.
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Berlin says no delays in A400M delivery
The German Defense Ministry has refuted a report by Der Spiegel that delivery of the A400M is delayed due to a mistake in the ministry’s certification procedures.
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