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A Russian MiG-31 was lost on Apr. 26, 2017. At that time, the Russian Ministry of Defense did not explain why the aircraft crashed. It has now emerged that the twin-engine fighter was brought down by another MiG-31 which fired a R-33 air-to-air missile mistakenly.
By Konstantin Tyurpeko (http://russianplanes.net/id161326) [CC BY-SA 4.0 or CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Russia has started the serial production of the AL-41F-1 turbofan engine, which is the powerplant for the Su-57.
By Vitaly Kuzmin (http://vitalykuzmin.net/?q=node/232) [CC BY-SA 4.0 or CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Boeing is busy rejigging the F-15 assembly line in St Louis in order to meet the U.S. Air Force’s demand to deliver the F-15EX quickly.
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Takeshi Iwaya, Japan’s Minister of Defense, has assured acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan that Tokyo will continue to buy more F-35s despite the crash of a F-35A recently.
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