Two Kenyan helicopter gunships hit a convoy of al Shabaab insurgents on Friday evening in southern Somalia.
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Category: Air Force
167th Airlift Wing to swap C-5s for C-17s
West Virginia Air National Guard’s 167th Airlift Wing will replace 11 of its C-5 airlifters with 8 C-17s.
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Italy could order fewer F-35s
An Italian plan to buy 131 F-35s is in trouble as Rome plans to drop 20-30 aircraft from the order.
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Thales negotiating with Saudi for $3 billion air defense network deal
Thales is negotiating with Saudi Arabia to upgrade the kingdom’s air-defense network, the deal is expected to worth $3 billion.
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RoCAF AT-3s in mid-air collision, one crashed
Two Taiwanese Air Force Academy AT-3 trainers were involved in a mid-air collision on Friday and one crashed.
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