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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Category: Air Force
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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Turkish Stars F-5 crashed, pilot killed
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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U.S. Defense Secretary in Kyrgyzstan to seek continue use of air base
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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