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General Atomics was awarded a $206 million contract by the Pentagon to retrofit 122 MQ-9 Block 5 aircraft.
By (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundson) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Jane’s says the Royal Air Force is looking at replacing the Boeing E-3D early warning aircraft instead of upgrading them.
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Russia is planning to fly its Tu-160 supersonic bomber over the Arctic later this year, commander of long-range aviation commander Maj. Gen. Sergei Kobylash has disclosed.
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By Dmitry Terekhov from Odintsovo, Russian Federation (TU-160) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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A MiG-31 caught fire while the aircraft was on the runway in Russia’s Permsky Krai on May 18. No one was hurt during the incident.
China declared that its H-6K bomber had carried out touch-and-go training in the Paracel Islands.
