Aviation News
A A400M has carried out dry refueling with a C-160 Transall tanker of the French Air Force. One of the 20 simulated air-to-air refuelling was 12 minutes long.
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India has in principle agreed to help Indonesia train its Su-27, 30 pilots and HAL may get a maintenance contract to support the Indonesian fleet as well.
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Russia tests one 53T6 missile interceptor that is part of its A-135 anti-ballistic missile on Tuesday at the Sary-Shagan range.
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Boeing has started assembling the first refueling boom for the KC-46 at the Boom Assembly Center that opened yesterday at Boeing Field in Seattle.
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An Indonesian Hawk 200 crashed in Riau province on Tuesday while it was on a training mission. Several journalists covering the news were assaulted and intimidated by Air Force officers at the crash site in Pasir Putih in Kampar.
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