FRANCE 24 travels to Mali to meet French Mirage 2000 pilots running the air campaign out of Airbase 101, located around 10km from the Malian capital of Bamako.
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Category: Air Force
RNZAF pilot charged for Anzac Day 2010 helicopter crash
A Royal New Zealand Air Force pilot will be charged with negligence that caused a UH-1 to crash on Anzac Day in 2010.
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PAK-FA going for customer assessment and weapons release trials
Russian air force commander Gen. Victor Bondarev said by end of the year, he expects eight PAK-FAs to be Akhtubinsk in Southern Russia for customer assessment and weapons release trials.
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Obama nominates 1st female Air Force Academy supreintendent
U.S. President Barak Obama has nominated Maj. Gen. Michelle Johnson for the appointment to the rank of lieutenant general and for assignment to serve as Air Force Academy’s 19th superintendent.
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Poland shopping for new jet trainers again
Poland has restarted a tender to buy eight advanced jet trainers for the 4th Flight Training Wing.
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