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An F-5 belonging to Turkish Air Force aerobatics team, Türk Yıldızları, crashed in the central Anatolian province of Konya on Tuesday. Reports say the pilot was killed.
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US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta flew into Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday to secure the use of Manas air base beyond July 2014. Washington wants to keep Manas as a transit point when they pull out of Afghanistan in future.
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Lt. Gen. Charles R. Davis, who ran the F-35 program office from Jul. 2006 to May 2009, has been nominated for the post of Military Deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition.
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A Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter crashed during a training flight near Torzhok in Russia’s Tver Region on Tuesday, killing both crew on board.
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SA-24 shoulder-launched missiles that were smuggle out of Libya have found their way to Syria, in the hands of Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza.
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