Hawker Beechcraft has filed a suite against the U.S. government in a bid to get its AT-6 aircraft back into the U.S. Air Force’s Light Air Support (LAS) competition.
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Category: Air Force
South Korea hopes to have its Patriots back soon
South Korean Ambassador to Helsinki told YLE that he hopes the Finnish authorities will release its shipment of Patriot missiles it purchased from Germany as soon as possible.
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RCAF looks into expanding airbase at Resolute Bay
The Royal Canadian Air Force has looked at expanding the airbase at Resolute Bay, Nunavut.
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Su-30MKIs lacked shelters
In the course of investigating the recent crash of a Su-30MKI, it was revealed that the Indian Air Force parks the aircraft out in the open. Exposing them to harmful heat and ultraviolet rays
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South Korea to buy two Falcon 2000 ELINT aircraft
South Korea will buy two Dassault Falcon 2000 reconnaissance planes for ELINT purposes, they will replace the RC-800s now in service.
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