Four South African Gripens were held back in Sweden after delivery so that they could join Swedish, Czech and Hungarian Gripens for Exercise Lion Effort.
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Category: Air Force
F-15Js to protect Aegis destroyers
Tokyo has decided to deploy its F-15 fighters to protect three Aegis destroyers that are monitoring North Korea’s missile launch next month.
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USAF has revised plan for TPS-75 replacement
The U.S. Air Force has a new road map for acquiring the Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) due to the budget crisis and a new acquisition strategy.
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Flying the V-22
Former USAF Weapons School instructor and tiltrotor pilot, Mike McKinney, gives an account on what its like to fly the V-22.
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Azerbaijan refutes claim that it granted Israel access to its airfields
Azerbaijan has denied a report by Foreign Policy magazine that it had given access to its air bases to Israel in the event of a strike in Iran.
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