Saab’s CEO Hakan Buskhe said his company’s chances of selling the Gripen to Brazil has been boosted by the Swiss selection.
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Category: Air Force
Indian Air Force mystified by Mirage 2000 crash
The Indian Air Force is still unsure why the engines of two Mirage 2000 failed in-flight consecutively.
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Norwegian C-130J goes missing
Search is underway for a Norwegian Air Force C-130J that went missing while en route to Kiruna, Sweden from Evenes, Norway.
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UAE’s Mirage 2000s could go to Libya
A Libyan official was quoted by the Middle East News Agency (MENA) as saying that the UAE’s Mirage 2000 fleet could
be sold to his country once the UAE finalized a deal for Rafales.
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First test firing of new Chinese SAM
It seems China has allowed news of a new surface-to-air missile to filter out. Designed by Lee Yun from 2nd Aerospace Academy over a period of five years.
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