The Kazakhstan Air Force lost a MiG-31 on Apr. 23. The pilot was killed and the co-pilot survived.
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Russian spy plane flew along Swedish coast
A Russian spy plane in the straits between Sweden’s Öland and Gotland on Apr. 20 while a multinational exercise was being carried out nearby.
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British A400M program over budget by 770 mil pounds
The British Parliament was told that the A400M program is now running over budget by 770 million pounds.
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Former Russian Air Force general who crashed Su-27 given four-year suspended sentence
A court martial has given former Russian Air Force Maj. Gen. Kanamat Botashev a four-year suspended sentence and fined 5 million rubles for crashing a Su-27 last year.
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LRS-B avoids sequestration
The Long Range Strike-Bomber (LRS-B) has managed to evade impacts caused by sequestration but it will run out of room to avoid disruptions in future budget cuts.
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