Taiwan has completed its test of the Wan Chien stand off weapon and will start mass production in 2014.
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Category: Air Force
Video link: F-22 made emergency landing at MCAS Iwakuni
An Alaska-based F-22 made an emergency landing at MCAS Iwakuni on Sept. 12 around 1400 hours. The jet was accompanied by another F-22. Both aircraft were carrying drop tanks for long-range ferry flights.
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First upgraded CH-53GA handed over to Germany
Eurocopter has handed over the first modernized CH-53GA transport helicopter to the German armed forces (Bundeswehr) at the ILA Berlin Air Show.
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Russia to rely less on foreign-made missile chassis
Russia wants to switch the missile chassis made by Minsk Wheeled Tractor Plant to an indigenous one. Majority of Russia’s air defense systems uses chassis made by the Belarus company.
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Pentagon’s Defense Acquisition Board had “very painful” review on F-35 last Friday
The Pentagon’s Defense Acquisition Board met last Friday to review the comprehensive plan for operational testing of the F-35.
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