Aviation News
La Tribune reported on Thursday that French President Nicolas Sarkozy would go to the UAE in March or early April to seal a deal for 60 Rafale fighters.
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The Pentagon will delay the purchase of 24 V-22s till after fiscal 2017. The plan to buy 122 aircraft remains the same.
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NATO’s missile shield command center will be in Ramstein Air Base, in Germany, a NATO spokesman said on Thursday.
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Korean Central News Agency on Jan. 31 released photos showing Kim Jong-un inspecting a MiG-29 unit.
The U.S. Air Force has reached out to the industry for solutions to upgrade its PAVE PAWS, BMEWS, and PARCS ballistic missile warning radar systems.
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