Rebel fighters in Syria have concentrated their firepower on the Taftanaz military airport in the northerly Idlib province since Saturday.
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Category: Air Force
British millionaire pleads guilty of attempting to ship batteries for HAWK missiles to Iran
British millionaire Christopher Tappin pleaded guilty in federal court in Texas to charges of attempting to sell zinc/silver oxide batteries for Hawk Air Defense Missiles to Iran via the Netherlands.
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Turkey to ask NATO to deploy Patriots
Turkey plans to officially request NATO to deploy a Patriot missile defense system in case hostilities with Syria escalate.
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Spanish Air Force instructor killed in F-5B crash
A Spanish Air Force flight instructor was killed and the student badly injured when their F-5B crashed while making an emergency landing.
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Indian Air Force to shop for aerostats in global market
The Indian Air Force will look for six new aerostats in the global market after getting unsatisfactory service for two aerostats supplied by Rafael in 2007.
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