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U.S. Marines from the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command worked alongside U.S. Airmen from the 378th Air Expeditionary Wing during a recent Tactical Air Forward Arming and Refueling Point (TACAIR FARP) exercise at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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The Indian government is developing a 3.2km-long stretch of highway in Sultanpur district, Uttar Pradesh into a road highway that will allow Rafales and Su-30MKIs to land.
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“Don’t scoff the duck” is an term used during air-to-air combat briefings by the U.S. Air Force on the threat posed by the AA-10D heat-seeking missile. It is also the name of a toy duck that regularly flies inside the cockpits of F-15Es.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said in a speech on Jan. 22 that he wants to replace the aging UH-1 helicopter with six to seven new ones.
Senior Airman Sadie Colbert, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Three Indian Air Force Rafale fighters flying home from France this month will have tanker support from a UAE A330 MRTT.
Jonathan Palombo, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons