Globes has corrected an earlier report that a $1.1 billion arms sale by Israel Aerospace Industries was not with India.
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Category: Air Force
C-130 AMP program to be canceled
Bloomberg is reporting that the Pentagon has finally decided to cancel Boeing’s C-130 Avionics Modernization Program.
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Dutch Defense Minister inspects first F-35
Dutch Defense Minister Hans Hillen was in Forth Worth, Texas and he visited the F-35 factory and put his signature on the first Dutch jet.
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50th anniversary of historic B-52 flight
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Operation Persian Rug, the mission to fly a B-52H bomber half-way around the world.
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Engine blade detachment cause of RCAF CT-155 Hawk crash in 2008
The crash of a RCAF CT155 Hawk at 15 Wing Moose Jaw in 2008 was cause by a catastrophic engine failure after a blade broke off.
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