Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will launch a probe into allegations of mark-ups in the purchase of six Su-30MK2 fighters, Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro announced on Tuesday.
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Category: Air Force
Loose connector lead to Global Hawk crash
A Global Hawk operating over Afghanistan lost power to control its ailerons and spoilers after an electrical connector came lose and damaged a line replacement unit.
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Schwartz: F-22 pilot no fault in crash
The U.S. Air Force has backtracked from an official report that blames the pilot of a F-22 for crashing his plane.
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SOUTHCOM lacks boats, planes to intercept drug shipments
Gen. Douglas Fraser, head of the U.S. Southern Command, told reporters that his command and countries in Latin America lacked the boats and planes to intercept drug shipments.
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Russia, Ukraine to jointly test An-70 this year
Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said joint test of An-70 military transport with Ukraine will start this year.
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