Taiwan will dispatch investigators to France to help investigate a Mirage 2000 crash which killed a Taiwanese pilot.
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Category: Air Force
13th Air Force inactivates, merges with PACAF
The 13th Air Force, headquartered at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, inactivated on Sept. 28, in a ceremony which celebrated its 70-year history of supporting the Pacific region.
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Russia orders 39 IL-476
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Thursday a decision to buy 39 IL-476 cargo planes for 140 billion rubles.
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Gripen F Demonstrator arrived in Switzerland
Accompanied by a JAS-39D, the Gripen F Demonstrator aircraft landed at Emmen Airbase, Switzerland after a direct flight from Linköping, Sweden on Oct. 3.
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First six Yak-130 delivered to Russian Air Force
The first six Yak-130 trainers were delivered to the Russian Air Force on Oct. 4. They flew from the Irkut plant to the Borisoglebsk airfield.
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