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The new Y-9 transport has been activated for disaster relief missions during the Sichuan earthquake. Here the aircraft is seen ferrying a military search and rescue team to Qiong Lai airport, Sichuan on Apr. 20.
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Three surviving Doolittle Raiders gathered in Florida for the last time as part of the 71st anniversary of the historic mission.
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Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, the head of the Pentagon’s F-35 program, told the Dutch parliamentary defense commission in The Hague that the country should not reduce its F-35 order.
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Thirty-one pilots of the Ethiopian Air Force have graduated in an event held at the DebreZeit Air Force Base.
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F-22s with the 94th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron joined F-15Js from the JASDF 204th Tactical Fighter Squadron for training on Apr. 5.
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