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Jordan and Qatar have emerged as the latest customers for the DB-110 reconnaissance pod. The Pentagon announced in a filing on Mar. 5 that the deals, worth $51.2 million, come under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that was signed this year with the U.S. Air Force.
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Two more T-50IQ advanced jet trainers have been delivered to Iraq and the jets are now at Martyr Mohammed Alaa airbase.
As Lockheed Martin ramps up production of its F-35 stealth fighter, the company is burning time and money fixing defects on the aircraft as it rolls out of the production line.
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Pakistan’s Air Force and Navy conducted a joint firing of anti-ship missiles on Mar. 5. The missiles were fired from PNS Saif and JF-17 fighter aircraft.
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Photo: Pakistan Navy
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Egypt dispatched its newly-acquired MiG-29s to escort the jet carrying Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman to Cairo.
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