U.S. officials said on Tuesday that the first batch of Iraqi F-16s will be handed over in September 2014.
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Category: Air Force
Germany, Russia hint on refloat of MMRCA tender
A close aide of German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the Eurofighter consortium is still talking to India on the MMRCA contest and the matter “is not a closed book yet.”
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Indonesia requests 18 AGM-65K2s
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress of a potential sale of 18 AGM-65K2 missiles to Indonesia.
Kazakh Mi-17 crashed
Four people on board a Kazakh Mi-17 were killed when the helicopter crashed near Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana on Wednesday.
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Iran announce construction of an air defense site
Iran has announced the start of construction on an air defense site in the Abadeh area. It would be the largest in that part of the country.
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