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A Southwest Airlines 737 captain holds the record for the most number of intercepts of Soviet military aircraft.
U.S. Air Force photo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Kommersant says Laos had bought a total of 10 Yak-130s and so far four have been delivered.
Two U.S. Air Force F-15s were forced to make emergency landings at Kadena Air Base, Japan on Jan. 15. Both jets were forced to land on the same runway but from opposite directions, just five minutes apart.
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The Indian Air Force’s Surya Kiran aerobatic team will return to Aero India after eight-years with nine-aircraft formation next month.
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Ministry of Defence (GODL-India) [GODL-India]
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Dassualt received the green light to develop the F4-standard for the Rafale fighter when Florence Parly, French Minister of the Armed Forces, paid a visit to its Mérignac plant on Jan. 14.
Photo: Dassault