The Chinese government has issued a press release on the first winter deployment to Tibet by a PLAAF fighter unit, this time a J-10 squadron.
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Category: Air Force
CSBA on defeating Iran’s Anti-Access and Area-Denial threats
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments latest report is on how to defeat Iran’s Anti-Access and Area-Denial threats.
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South Korea to buy Iron Dome if Israel selects T-50
South Korea’s Defense Procurement Agency has offered to buy Israel’s Iron Dome anti-rocket defense system if the latter selects the T-50.
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Bad weather and ‘disorientation’ led to Irish PC-9 crash
Investigators say bad weather and ‘disorientation’ by the pilot led to the crash of an Irish Air Corps Pilatus PC-9 in 2009.
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Russia to withdraw helicopters from peacekeeping force in South Sudan
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered the withdrawal of eight Mi-8MT helicopters from peacekeeping duties in South Sudan.
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