Aviation News
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has told his French counterpart, Jean-Yves Le Drian, that U.S. Africa Command will provide the aerial refueling support for French warplanes in Mali.
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Sukhoi says another five Su-34 fighter bombers were delivered to the Russian Air Force on Friday. They flew non-stop from Novosibirsk aircraft plant to an air base in Voronezh, southwest Russia.
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Britain has deployed one Sentinel R1 from RAF Waddington to Senegal to support French military operations in Mali.
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Air Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford has been nominated to replace Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton as head of the RAF in July.
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A court in South Africa has temporarily halted a delivery of Alouette III helicopters to Zimbabwe.
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