Fox News reported that the strange incident of stolen pickup truck that crashed at Camp Bastion as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s C-17 was landing was an attack by an Afghan interpreter.
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Category: Air Force
Seventeen U.S. Senators want Mi-17 deal for Afghanistan canceled
Seventeen U.S. senators have wrote a letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta urging him to cancel a contract to buy 21 Mi-17 helicopters for the Afghan Air Force.
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RSAF F-15SGs deployed to Cope Tiger 12
For the first time, the RSAF has deployed its F-15SGs to Thailand for Cope Tiger 12 at Korat.
U.S. Air Force photo/Capt David Herndon
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EADS offers sixth A330 MRTT to Australia at cheap price
EADS has offered to sell a sixth A330 MRTT to the Royal Australian Air Force at heavily marked down price in order to get a shot at replacing the Caribou with C295.
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Canada does not rule out canceling F-35 purchase
Canada’s associate defense minister, Julian Fantino, said Tuesday his government does not rule out backing out of the F-35 program.
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