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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F-111C goes on road trip
F-111C, A8-142, is on a road trip from RAAF Base Amberley to RAAF Base Wagga where it will be placed on display.
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Hawk came too close to Merlin
The pilot of a British Hawk jet trainer failed to follow the correct recovery procedure while landing at RNAS Culdrose. This put the aircraft within half a mile of a Merlin helicopter.
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