Turkey announced that it’s southeastern cities of Adana, Gaziantep and Kahramanmaras will be protected by NATO Patroit batteries.
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Category: Air Force
China says it’s third-generation ejection seat is put into service
China says it has developed its own third-generation ejection seat and put it into service. The new seat has velocity sensors that will execute different modes in response to the flying speed at the time of emergency ejection.
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Investigation into Red Arrows crash found shortcomings
Investigations into the fatal crash of a Red Arrows in August last year found that the supervision of the aerobatics team was lacking.
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Sagem’s laser-guided AASM Hammer missile completes last qualification firing test
French defense procurement agency DGA successfully carried out the last qualification firing test of the laser-guided AASM modular air-to-ground missile on Dec. 12.
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Cameron: Oman to buy 12 Eurofighters and 8 Hawk 128s
British Prime Minister David Cameron said Oman will buy 12 Eurofighters and eight Hawk 128 advanced jet trainers.
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