Reuters reports that the Pentagon will pay around $107 million, excluding the engine, for the F-35A in the fifth production contract.
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Category: Air Force
Oman seeks weapons for its F-16s
Oman has requested to buy a package of weapons for its F-16s. These include: 27 AIM-120C-7s, 162 GBU-12s, 162 FMU-152 bomb fuzes, 150 BLU-111B/B 500-lb Conical Fin General Purpose Bombs (Freefall Tail), 60 BLU-111B/B 500-lb Retarded Fin General Purpose Bombs (Ballute Tail), and 32 CBU-105 Wind Corrected Munitions Dispensers (WCMD).
First C-130J for Iraq delivered
Lockheed Martin has delivered the first of six C-130Js ordered by Iraq. Two other aircraft departed for Iraq on the same day.
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Last Turkish F-16 delivered
Turkish Aerospace Industries has delivered the 308th and final F-16 to Turkey on Dec. 12. TAI and Lockheed Martin launched the Turkish F-16 program in 1984.
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Book Review: MODERN CHINESE AIR POWER: People’s Liberation Army Air Forces
The following book review is written by a guest reviewer.
By Sean Chua
This book is the most up to date coverage of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force(PLAAF) and the People’s Liberation Army Naval Air Force( PLANAF).
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