Aviation News
The Royal Saudi Air Force has confirmed that it will place an order for 22 BAE Systems Hawk Advanced Jet Trainers (AJT), 55 PC-21 advanced turboprop trainers, 25 primary training aircraft.
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South Korea plans to spend $2.1 billion over the next five years to boost its its missile arsenal, including long-range cruise missiles and precision-guided weapons.
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Selex Galileo revealed that there are talks ongoing to fit the Grifo radar on U.S. F-5 fighters currently employed as aggressors.
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The U.S. Congress has been informed of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Australia for 12 EA-18G Modification Kits to convert F/A-18F aircrafts to the G configuration.
A Maine forest ranger has found an ejection seat from a B-52 that crashed in 1963. Three managed to survive the ejection and seven others died from the crash.
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