Aviation News
Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said the Russian air base in Kyrgyzstan will soon be able to accomadate strategic bombers after improvements to the base is completed in six months.
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Iran displayed its upgraded version of the S-200 (NATO: SA-5) air defense system during a parade in Tehran on Friday.
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Uganda is in talks to buy another batch of Su-30 fighters from Russia.
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Magnus Lewis-Olsson, President of Saab in South Africa, said his parent company is still keen to set up the Gripen school locally.
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The Sukhoi Su-30SM flew for the first time on Sept. 21 with test pilots Sergei Kostin and Pavel Malovechko at the controls.
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