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Saudi Arabia lost a warplane in Yemen on Jan. 7 and two pilots on board were safely recovered and brought back to the country.
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By Steven Byles from Singapore, Singapore (RSAF Tornado) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Nikkei has identified shortfalls in the funding of military aviation projects in Japan’s current five-year defense program which ends this year.
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By 航空自衛隊 [GJSTUv1], via Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Air Force’s 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron will soon stand down from its NATO Baltic Air Policing mission next week and the service has posted a video showing the F-15s intercepting Russian Navy Su-30s.
Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin disclosed that the Tu-160M2 supersonic bomber will be making its first flight by end of the month.
Aurora Flight Sciences has received a $48 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to certify the Orion unmanned aerial vehicle.
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Photo: Aurora Flight Sciences
